On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Mohit Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> IMHO, This has been an important discussion and it leads to our > handling of people, project and process. > > People start project and a process keeps the project relevant. Once > the project starts, its better to handover it to an evolutionary > process. wow you reminded me of Software Engineering I had last semester. :) Seeing practical implications of what one read in theory is always exciting. > This way projects move beyond the scope of even the original > contributors. This happens with every project, be it the UNIX culture > or GNU project - RMS admitted that. Mukesh Ambani said that General > Electric has gone beyond Jack Welch. > > This is true of IITD-LUG and GLUG Meerut too. IITD-LUG is a very > vibrant culture and it does not seem to be losing the process aspect. > GLUG Meerut has dearth of adequate human resource and of course, a > process. We are working on that. a GLUG cant be dependent on an > engineering student who is most likely to become dormant after > graduating and being employed by a non-FOSS company. We are working on > people-process aspect. > > Linux Foundation and Linux Kernel still revolve around its benevolent > dictator. Reliance, Wipro and Godrej are still the examples of central > control. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. In his biography "Just For Fun" Linus said that he didn't even want to be associated with the legal aspects ... but since there was no other worthy candidate to take up the responsibility and he didn't want the project to be ruined because of interests of a company, he accepted what his lawyers told him. Why can't Narendra Sisodia run IITD-LUG community or Foundation if > everything is > moving ahead. Sure he can !!! Who said he can't? > If there are any disagreements, an evolutionary process > can be devised to meet the concerns. > Disagreements are not the concern here. I think what Satyaa meant was to delegate responsibilities. Why have everything dependent on one person ... share responsibilities. Quoting Satya " what if *god forbid* someone passes away , so my point was to have a fail safe mechanism." What's the whole point in the Life Insurance system? Everybody is reluctant to even think about a member of their family passing away, yet they have to think about such extremes and plan what will happen when they are gone. Its not that the family expects the head to pass away... its just a precautionary measure. @ Narendra I hope, now that you are getting married, you will get your life insured for your wife ... so why not think of this project as your family ( I think you already do !!) and insure it from the unseen future? P.S:- don't start a flame war on Life insurance policies, I brought it up just for illustrating .. and do not expect a flame war on its benefits and faults (if there are any). > > > Mohit Singh > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- regards Anuvrat Parashar Vice President, ALiAS (Amity Linux Assistance Sapience) Member, Digit Community Advisory Council -- LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
