From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 14 17:31:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0284316A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:31:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rambo.401.cx (rambo.401.cx [80.65.205.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C61943D3F for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:31:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (rocky [192.168.200.2]) by rambo.401.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1EHVhu8036084; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:31:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Message-ID: <4210E0E1.5000907@401.cx> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:33:21 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erich Dollansky References: <517329304.20050213155432@wanadoo.fr> <420FB80B.7040209@nbritton.org> <420FD36F.7050302@nbritton.org> <42106B6A.9030109@nbritton.org> <42108DE6.4000706@401.cx> <4210B0F0.4040508@401.cx> <2fd864e05021407076c4936c2@mail.gmail.com> <4210D5C6.1010509@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <4210D5C6.1010509@pacific.net.sg> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0506-1, 2005-02-11), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: Chris Zumbrunn Subject: Re: Rework of theFreeBSDwebsite[was:FreeBSD'sVisualIdentity:Outdated?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:31:50 -0000 Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Astrodog wrote: > >> "Technical Merits First, Other Crap Second." Everyone, repeat that 50 >> times, like a mantra. We're losing sight of that, at least short term, >> and it's somewhat frightening. >> > It really is. Im unable to do even the slightest bit of difference in the first part (Technical Merits) simply due to the fact that I lack the needed skills. Therefor, the second part (Other Crap) gets promoted on my to-do list and becomes *my* highest priority. This does *not* mean that the projects priorities change, nor that they in any way should. Just because a small part of the community feels that they cant contribute in other areas then marketing and advocacy and therefor prioritize that, it does not mean that the project as a whole is losing focus. FreeBSD is a project that goes across cultural and geographical borders, and it has thousands of contributors world wide. The fact that not all of them contribute in the form of code does not make FreeBSD less of a technically oriented project. Programmers and technical decisions should always be what dictates the future of FreeBSD, but that does not mean that all other areas has to be alienated. Please realize that. -- R