Noel: Community dynamics, evolution, collective management, and how things unfold. Well, it's probably good stuff to document. If on the other-hand you want to paint me as the Dr. Claw, well, your going to have to send me a complete package - the car, the costume, and don't forget the cat!
Cheers, Steve. > -----Original Message----- > From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 September 2004 21:58 > To: community@apache.org > Subject: RE: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon > > Stephen McConnell wrote: > > > Sure - we talked openly about developer and user attrition. > > Was that bad? Was it better to stay fragment and unable to > > really and properly work with other projects as a single > > community? Yes - attrition comes at a price. Any regrets > > - sure. Would I do it again given the same circumstances? > > Probably - yes. Would the outcome be the same? No. You > > pick up experience along the way and you figure out those > > things you'd handle differently the next time. > > To reiterate ... > > - attrition of users and developers is an acceptable > solution to project evolution. > > - you would probably do the same things again. > > - you would hope for a different outcome. > > Is that correct? What do you feel would be different about the outcome? > What would you have wanted to be different, and how do you feel it would > come from doing the same things? Why would it be different? > > In any event, I'm logging for for a day or so. Will be curious to read > follow ups. > > --- Noel > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
