> Read "The Cathedral & The Bazaar" from ESR [2]. It provides a good > insight into the social structures of the "community": motivations, > incentives, .. It's not always the money, you know ;) Market share? > Who cares! Customers? Who cares! I want my name to be a three letter > acronym everyone recognizes! RMS? ESR?
How pity. Hunting for honor is just a short term motivation. What about the next hype? Will you jump on the new train? This is not what makes HTTP. This doesn't bring the market share. This doesn't bring the trust, customers have. It may lead into some good features - mostly maintained by others after some time. Sorry, this is your motivation. It's ok for you. But don't believe, this drives everybody. For myself, I joined the project, because I have been sad to tell people where to find the right thing within the documentation. I want a good software to be used. This is why I does not code. There are lots of programmers. But less documentation writers. I do not need my name written on the sky. Sure, honor is nice. But good teamwork is nicer. And THIS is the discussion about. How to improve the teamwork to get better results. Just my 2 cents Kess
