Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:51:09 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, danj@3skel.com, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, toor@dyson.iquest.net, brett@lariat.org, mike@smith.net.au, dshanes@personalogic.com Subject: Re: Promoting FreeBSD - the user's piece of the action. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980412213501.256S-100000@barnowl> In-Reply-To: <29092.892387190@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: <snipping sounds.> The sounds of battle looming remind me of Henry V and the St. Crispin speech. You know... paraphrasing "...they who don't stand with us this day will hold their manhood cheap." Henry speaking just before Agincourt. > > Perhaps a core team of volunteers modeled on the way the core > > development team operates will be just as effective in getting our job > > done as you are doing yours. Just as you are the leader of the core > > team our leader will arise from ongoing dialog and compilation of ideas > > that eventually jell into the business plan that I suggested, and our > > I've no problem with that idea at all. Moreover, I think that the > FreeBSD project has always strongly endorsed the concept of a > "management hierarchy", possibly more out of enlightened laziness than > anything else, since any reasonably effective hierarchy enables one to > not have to worry about a large number of things. I'd like to not > have to worry so much about grass-roots publicity and such, yes. :-) > > However, getting people genuinely willing to "manage" is harder than > it looks. Being willing to lead implies a long-term committment > and that scares a lot of people off. > I'll volunteer. It isn't as though I have time on my hands but I do know how to pioneer a product. And, I do know the value of a longbow. (evil grin) If you have questions, contact me, please. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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