my dear friends, is to first get the basis correct. If the basis is not correct, you can never get the job done. I ask you now, our group now functions on a volunteering basis, and what makes you think they will volunteer? And if there is a leader, what makes _you_ think that they will volunteer for _your_ benefit? Remember at the same time, they are not paid. _What_ can you promise them? An elevation on their reputation, a sense of accomplishment, worldwide recognition when your article makes it to linuxtoday, and perhaps something to put on their resume. On the portal side, we gain recognition that such and such an article is being placed in the portal itself. The portal gains, and the participants gain. Synergistic combination of division of labor. In short, it is only through mutual benefit that you can even expect people to contribute. THAT CANNOT HAPPEN IF YOU START FORMING LEADERS. It is true that at the end of the day, it is whether there is work done that really matters. But I refuse to look at it from a purely emotionless engineering point of view, and I will never be part of a nonsense which is totally directionless. We can of course dispense with the use of complex philosophical, sociological terminologies, but at least get the basis correct. ps : I am not exactly intimidated by the use of sociological and philosophical terms, but we will leave it to personal discussion sessions. As most of you may not know, I am better in philosophy than I am in Linux. ps : Rhandeev's guess is that the self regulating mechanism starts at around 30-50. I say the self regulating mechanism will start when we hit about 17-20. Trust us. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ng Kai Hoe Raymond Pager : 92279944 ICQ UIN : 4878260 Editor, Singapore Linux Portal, http://linux.com.sg Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key : http://members.tripod.com/~ngkaihoe/ngkaihoe.txt 'The pursuit of truth, when it is whole hearted, must ignore moral considerations; one cannot know in advance that the truth will turn out to be what is thought edifying in a given society.' - Bertrand Russell, "A History of Western Philosophy"
