Why don't you cut the guy some slack - or at least shut your yap on this (puh-l-e-e-e-ze)? I don't see *any* of what you're claiming to be OpenBSD policy stated on the website. In fact I see a statement (somewhat) to the contrary:
Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the basis of technical merit. And if it's the one-man show you claim, why don't you let "the man" speak for himself? Or if you've been hired as the "official OpenBSD bitch", please - let us know. Jay On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 11:03:19PM -0500, the unit calling itself Nick Holland wrote: > frantisek holop wrote: > > dear list, > > > > before Theo brings up the (very) valid point of haven't > > been able to see any proposed design (even if rejected > > without looking) i would like to ask fellow designers > > or anyone who feels like to make an openbsd site design > > proposal just to show that actually there is interest > > in making the old pages retire after so many years of > > faithful serving. > > > > i am willing to host all the participants' efforts > > as a central "repository", or even only links > > to these pages. > > > > make some noise people, so we can say at least we tried. > > > > -f > > Like FreeBSD and NetBSD's "redesign our web site" contest. Riiight.. > > No. > We've spent way too much time laughing at those already (both the > process and the results). > > You can do what you want, but your work will be ignored. > > OpenBSD is NOT a committee-run OS project. > I think a lot of people miss this. If there is ONE THING that > distinguishes OpenBSD from most other OSs out there, it is the fact that > OpenBSD is the work of a small group of people following the lead of > *one* person. There is no question of direction, there is no "five > different products to accomplish same task, because we don't have the > guts to make a decision and endorse just one". > > As has been pointed out repeatedly, OpenBSD developers develop the OS > for their own use. If your uses are compatible with the developer's > goals, OpenBSD is for you. If not, you quickly realize not to waste > your time. You don't see OpenBSD flopping around without a clear > direction. You don't end up wondering, "will they change directions to > meet my goals, or will they abandon my goals?". > > If or when Theo decides the web site should be restructured, it will be > restructured. If/when that happens, I would be very surprised if > something other than one of two things were to happen: > 1) Theo rebuilds it and says, "here's the new design". > 2) Theo hires/selects ONE PERSON to redesign it, and looks at the > result and says, "here is the new design" (or rips someone's head off). > > Committee design is NOT what we are about. You don't see contests for > CD designs or release themes. > > Contrary to what some people think, we are not a web-design company. > Our product is not a super-cool website. Our product is an OS we need > and use. The website is just an information source about the product, > maintained by software developers and documenters. When I write > material to help other people with similar interests use OpenBSD, I'm > not worried about if it uses the features of the best of the current > crop of browsers, I want to get the information across effectively. I > measure my success based on the information conveyed, not how pretty it > is. I have reason to believe I do a half-way decent job at this. If > someone wishes to prove they can do a better job, go for it, I'm sure > Theo would love to have a more productive person doing what I do (and > what he would like me to do that I'll never have time for). I won't > fight it. I have not been bored in well over 20 years, I have NO > problem occupying my time. BTW: quality of work will be judged on > content, not "style". > > Nick.
