On Thu, 17 May 2007, Erast Benson wrote:
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 12:40 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
James Mansion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But I'd like to ask: *why* do you - all - maintain different distributions?
It is obvious why I created a distribution:
It was done in order to create a distribution as none did exist before.
Why did other people create _different_ distributions?
Why do people always reinvent the wheel ?
Because sometimes that's easier than establishing a working business
relationshup with existing wheel manufacturers.
Collaboration can be extremely tiresome. It's very very hard work to get
along with a existing team as an "upstart", compared to simply "startup"
on your own, and the rewards for the latter can be so much higher than
those for the former.
I've once attended one of these career-development program talks on
leadership. I think I took only the core message out of it, which was:
"You are a leader if you have followers."
Otherwise, you're a community spearhead, a pioneer, a visionary - all
valiant and worthy on its own, and necessary for progress. But the big
glory is not in being first, but in being the one that emerges as leader,
chosen by the followers.
FrankH.
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