On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:11:19PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 11:59:24AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > One thing you could do is to end *NOW* the experiment, > > Can you please roughly outline what is going to happen when the > experiment is continued until its scheduled end, and what's going to > happen when the experiment is aborted immediately as you suggested? > > I would be interested in the difference of the two action lists.
Well, the experiment is flawed upto a point to start with. We all are interested, and maybe even for some have a compulsive need to participate to the debian effort, and as thus it is a violent effort even for those who decided to become less active in protest against the 'experiment' to actually go on with the boycot. So, right now we have this experiment ongoing, whose measure of success is rather vague and knowing the persons involved and how previous conclusions where taken from the most flimsy of facts, the only way for those opposing the experiment to act is to freeze their involvement. There is no way, as Josselin's comment clearly showed, that those who did oppose the experiment, can actually become again active, and stop the boycot, without those be used as evidence in favour of the experiment. There is also a danger here, and this is that those volunteers will find other things to do with their time, and if this mess is prolonged, they will not return to their previous level of commitment even after the experiment. We are all volunteers after all, and give our free time and work. This is why this issue is such a mess. Making an official stop to the experiment now, and measuring its effect, will allow those opposing the experiment to contribute again if they chose so. What is actually happening though is an indefinite prolongation of the experiment, and any going-back-to-work by those opponents, as Anthony is calling for, will be used to justify the experiment and point out that people where not as demoralized after all. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
