> Ben Hyde wrote: > > > > Thomas Eibner wrote: > > > One volunteer has already come forward to help us gather data and we've > > > compiled some statistics from this mailinglist showing how many posts > > > each person has made since '95: > > > > > > Total Posts on [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 87510 > > > > > > 1: ... > > > > This comes up from time to time. Somebody measures something; bugs > > submitted, bugs fixes, lines written, commits made, documents written, > > mails send, bylaws written, meetings attended, email threads started, > > email threads ended, uses of the word 'bucket'... > > > > When it has come up before I have written variations of the following. > > Try not to take this as an attack on the volunteer or the messenger > > but ... > > > > I have very strong objections to nieve attempts to reduce the > > contributions made by various individuals into 'objective' scores and > > 'leader boards'. > > > > I agree as well... such metrics are misleading at best and insulting and > disruptive at worst. They are, to be blunt, dangerous to a > collaborative environment and should be avoided if possible. > --
Yes, I agree with Jim and Ben. If this is where the project is going, I am in favor of shutting it down right now. Bill
