On 07/22/2009 05:36 AM, Viktor Szakáts wrote:
First of all, sorry to hear you can't take the role anymore,
but I'm sure you have good reason.
Here's the deal. When I took the role, I made a rule for myself that I
would be the leader, but I would only dwell on leading, not on coding.
Then, at work, they made huge shifts away from using Clipper and X in
general, so that entire process has led me away from daily use of the
language. As you remember, I lived in the Clipper code every day and
night prior to this and I knew it cold inside and out. While I have kept
up mentally with what has happened here over the years, I have not been
coding with Harbour. During this same time, I adopted a teenage boy and
it has been an experience watching him grow up and become a man. But
that was time consuming as well. We home schooled him to get him caught
up. And now he is married and living with us.
Anyway, my original goal was to get this project to the 1.0 release, and
that has been accomplished. And you are all nearly ready with version
2.0, which is a great milestone in the Harbour future.
I'm very proud to have been a part of this project. I entered it with
passion and I will only hand it over to someone who also has
demonstrated great passion. There are many here that meet that criteria,
but In this group, I feel that you and Przemek are leading already. He
has made the point several times that his heart is not in leading the
project but in being an amazing coder, which he is. He is the lead
programmer. No doubt.
If group also agrees, and there are no other members who'd
like to take it, I see no problem to take the "lead seat", at
the same time I very much hope you will stay around with us
and help us with wise words.
Of course I will. If you have questions, please feel free to email me.
I'm probably going to stop reading every message that is posted here but
I'll try to keep up with the trends and winds of change.
I will continue to host portions of the project on my server as you see
fit and I'll keep the domain name alive or transfer it over to you. It's
all up to you, and I trust you will do what is right for this very
amazing project.
And I'd like to thank everyone who has contributed. The contributions
here have all come from the heart and have been filled with the passion
of wanting only the best for the future of this great language. It
simply doesn't get any better than this. You all have done a great
service for Clipper users all over the world.
Thanks for everything and good luck in the future. I know you will
substitute skill for luck, but you get the idea, right?
Phil.
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