Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:13:31 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Francisco J Reyes <fran@natserv.net> Cc: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net>, "Anthony C. Chavez" <acc@anthonychavez.org>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some corrections about freebsdnews.org Message-ID: <3E371CAB.B8CAADE1@mindspring.com> References: <20030128114357.N57158-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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Francisco J Reyes wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Willie Viljoen wrote: > > On Monday 27 January 2003 20:57, Anthony C. Chavez wrote: > > > Your description of freebsdnews sounds ~exactly~ like Daemon News, > > > except that it sounds like you're going to focus on FreeBSD rather than > > > the BSDs as a whole. > > > > Well, there's no reason why we can't colaborate, ie, some portions of > > freebsdnews.org just redirects people to the appropriate part of DN, and the > > rest does things like the freebsd-specific factoid things, etc. > > My personal opinion is that the BSD community would be better served if > you worked with the daemonnews group. We as a community keep coming up > with many small and splintered projects instead of trying to consolidate > and strengthen the existing endeavours. Here is a secret: one of the primary components of any Open Source project is it's community. THe forums in which the community communicates both shape and limit what the community is capable of doing. Adding forums adds space to a community. Like a plant, a community can only grow as large as it's container allows it. The purpose of advocacy is, in fact, to grow the community, but it can not be effective without overlapping contact points with potential new members. Adding forums provides for that overlap, by adding diversity. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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