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Hello Bob - At 11:27 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, you wrote: >"Charles Angelich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > As the primary contributor (referred to as a 'maintainer') of CoBBS for > > the Radio Shack Color Computer I've been there, done that. > >A good point: "Contributing" doesn't always mean "programming". In this case it did mean programming. :-) >I put up my little free Cisco lab pod as my own contribution to >others in part because of the debt I feel I owe to the >contributions others have made to me over the years. And of >course, I've learned lots in doing it. My tech website is my 'contribution'. > > >I think Stephen's BasicLinux is a good example of this. The lone codesmith > > >can keep things running just fine. > > > > I would say that his determination to keep Eznet in the distribution even > > though more than one person reported difficulties with it also proves that > > it doesn't always work. > >Well, it works HIS way... he's the 'smith for that particular >distribution after all! This is one of the flaws of opensource. >But anyone else can use the same codebase >to tweak things to be their way as well. One thing I have seen a >few times is a "dead" project being revived later by a volunteer, >usually with the blessings of the original developer. I've also seen dead projects revived _without_ those blessing (recently). >A refreshing change from the experience of being abandoned by commercial >houses >when a product line is dropped, or fails commercially. With Open >Source, the motivators are different than in the commercial world, >and I like the fact that a "neat" project can continue without >appealing to the masses. There's a bit of Darwin as well, where >projects that product software that works succeed, where those >that don't quietly fade away -- without any sort of media blitz >and glossy magazine ads telling us that it just ain't so. The ebb and flow of life was not invented by opensource. >Hell, someone's probably dreaming up something using vi as the >user interface, just because they can! Not sure I can celibrate a total waste of time/effort but yes I suppose someone might do that. Over the years many 'projects' have failed even though they 'suceeded' at their professed goals. What I have observed is a lack of recognition for those who contribute the time/effort and they burn out. Torvalds and Stallman get recognition without having to touch a keyboard, the ones actually doing the coding seldom do get recognition. Charles.Angelich http:/www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ --=======11021DAF======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5AD01FF4 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 --=======11021DAF=======-- To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
