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Date:      Thu, 2 Aug 2012 10:20:33 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: On cooperative work [Was: Re: newbus' ivar's limitation..]
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On Aug 2, 2012, at 12:23 AM, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote:

> Doug makes some good points.

No, he doesn't.  He and Arnould being argumentative and accusatory where =
none of that is warranted.

I used to run the devsummits, and we did tele-conference lines for =
remote people to participate.  After I stepped down, others took it up =
and did the same thing.  Usually, the lines were unused.  I suspect that =
organizers simply stopped thinking about them after a while because of =
poor interest.  There is no conspiracy of exclusion here, just simple =
human apathy.

The invite system for the devsummit was, and still is, purely about =
providing some order to the process.  It ensures that people attending =
are willing to demonstrate a minimum amount of interest, more than just =
wondering by a room one day and dropping in for free food and wifi.  If =
anyone feels that they are being excluded, it's because they are too =
lazy to go beyond being argumentative on a mailing list.

Scott




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