On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 14:44, Bruce Balden wrote: > All this means is that a narrow definition of Linux leads to increasingly > irrelevant discussions, thinking over a 5 to 10 year timespan, which is the > timescale that major advocacy organizations have to think. > > I might point out that both Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds have predicted > obsolescence of the their respective brainchilds **in their current forms** > over that timespan. Very interesting points raised, but not exactly what I was trying to get to. I was thinking more along the lines that there are a lot of people available to do something now. Rather than make plans that will require that the vast majority maintain a fairly dedicated commitment to the organization for an extended period of time to accomplish something, pick projects than have a relatively short time frame (couple of months), and have some sort of legacy (some sort or study, survey, website, etc). That way it is easier to show that the organization can accomplish something, and there is something to build on.
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