On 5/8/08, Schuyler Erle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 12:03 +0200, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > > > Yes it does. Karl Fogel describes it very well in his book > > (http://producingoss.com). I strongly recommend it to project leaders > > and developers who maintain just-opened and want to get dirty with > > principles of the FOSS world. > > > One important point that Fogel makes that I think is worth noting here > is that the number-one sine-qua-non of *any* potentially successful > software project is *shipping working code*. > > Until a developer does that, the discussion of whether or not his/her > project needs or deserves institutional/organizational support to > succeed further is moot.
Steve Coast (OSM) echoed the same sentiment very elegantly -- "Real artists ship. For everyone else, there is wanking." After a short hesitation, I have really come to appreciate it. Yup, unless there is working code, everything else -- sponsorships, organization, standards, committees, mailing lists -- is pointless. Smart guy, that Coast. > > SDE > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
