Brilliantly played Diva :) I encourage everyone to join us there :) Cheers James
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:38 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In case people aren't aware of this, most of the action in OpenSim > happens on the IRC Freenode channel #opensim-dev. You might get a better > picture of what's going on in the project, and of the people behind it, > by logging in to it. (just don't ask support and off-topic questions) > > It's worth to point out again that, unlike several other [open source] > projects out there, OpenSim does not have an organization behind it, not > even a dominant one. The developers are a group of independent > individuals, each one with his/her own motivations and background, all > very diverse. They are doing this for a mix of fun and potential > business opportunities, all independent. As such, things that happen > naturally in other projects -- such as defining goals and milestones, > coordination -- are a major hurdle to pull off here. > > Just to give an example, some developers are opposed to voice meetings > -- imagine that in a normal organization! > Our only common meeting ground is the use of the IRC #opensim-dev. > That's all we have to work together. There's usually ~90 people logged > into that channel. > > When using OpenSim as the basis of your product, commercial or not, > please take this into consideration. Plan according to this reality, and > not according to "what it should be". > > Diva / Crista > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > -- =================================== http://osgrid.org http://del.icio.us/SPQR http://twitter.com/jstallings2 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/770/a49
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