Hi Dan, I have a few questions, they are very direct, but I know that you appreciate this, and I think that they are important and constructive ones:
1. Was your question about us releasing you from your promise to stay director until the release 0.9.0 meant so that you want to leave _now_, or that you want to be able to quit at any time you want? 2. Assuming you plan to stay until 0.9.0 is released, is it your priority to make the said release happen in good quality and within a reasonable amount of time, or do you have other priorities? 3. Assuming it is your priority to get 0.9.0 released in good quality and within a reasonable amount of time, what is your plan (or strategy, or road map, or any other word you want to use) to make it happen? In other words, if you want to be the boss, then behave like one, stop picking at the one or the other for formal questions and good English, and make sure the team works together and goal-oriented. And before you get angry because of my strong words and my exclamation marks, think about the two following things: a. management by influence is what I expect from you, check http://strategictechnologyresources.com/management.htm for a good summary. I think the sentence I like the most is “the responsibility of every manager exceeds his authority, and if he tries to increase his authority to equal his responsibilities, he is likely to diminish both”, as it applies 100% to the manager/boss/director/chief of an Open Source project, who has next to zero (0!) authority but a lot of responsibilities. b. An example of where I don't follow you: you remember the discussion about engaging users to do bug assessment from 10 days ago? Dimitry, Ray, myself and also you agreed that it was a good idea, I was ready to take the challenge, and Ray wanted to help, but the idea went dead only because _you_ insisted on respecting the wording of what you felt was your agreement with Dimitry. And there I don't understand you: what is it really more important to respect the formalities than to get the job done? Do you think you helped the project? And, mind you, I'm not doubting the fact that you are a good programmer and a ruthless (that's a compliment!) test manager, but I think that we have a complete different understanding about what an Open Source project director should be. Let me know your position, I am currently not understanding it, and can't accept your authority as it is expressed day by day. Thanks, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freemind-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer
