Hi Frantisek,

frantisek holop wrote on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:20:28PM +0200:

> please, please openbsd, dont become too popular!

If you believe the typical corporate Product Management droids, the
current tedu frenzy is more likely to bring us closer to perfection
than closer to popularity.  Being suspicious of resource-induced
priority inversion[1] doesn't help either to become rich fast.

Then again, while popularity certainly increases the risk of losing
one's mind, which means caution is permanently needed, there is
precendent indicating that it might be possible to stay true to
one's goals even when successful, even though most who are ultimately
fail.  For example, the OpenSSH team hasn't sold out yet.

So the point is: If you accomplish the feat of remaining indifferent
whether or not you are popular, it is nearly irrelevant whether or
not you are.  Nothing wrong with becoming a bit more popular, but
that is not a goal, not at all!

Yours,
  Ingo

[1] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=139819485423701

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