On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:00:34 -0500
Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think Traversal needs a mission statement.
[...]
> That being said, I think OGP should have a mission statement, and I
> don't think I should be the one to write it, although I do believe
> Traversal should have some amount of influence over it.
I can understand about how you feel to have a document that
shows where you are heading. But i do not think that is a good
thing to have an exact path pointed out by a document someone
has written. At least not in the OSS world. People in the OSS
community tend to stick to gether not because they have the
same goal, but because the paths their are walking overlap.
Thus it's natural to have some fluctuation, people comming
and going. The only thing we have to make sure is, that enough
new people are joining to compensate for those who left[1].
IMHO a fix mission statement would rather block people to
join, because it gives us a fixed goal that seems to be
unchangeable. Though we all know that this isnt true
(just compare what should be disclosed when OGP started
and now). Instead we should keep the goal somewhat open
so that people can join because they think that their
goals might fit into OGP. After they have joined, they
will realize where OGP is exactly going and adjust to
that.
Or to put that short: We shouldnt define anything
elaborate as our mission but one sentence saying
that we are going to build a fully specified, OSS supported
graphics card.
Attila Kinali
[1] The reasons to leave do not have to be negative, but
can be just because the path forked and the one leaving
choose to go the other way.
--
wer soviel schoggi isst, kann sowieso nicht dumm sein ;-)
-- Sandra
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