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From: magnus@haukugle.ii.uib.no (Magnus Y Alvestad)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.magnus.and.ketil
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
Date: 9 Apr 1994 13:55:37 GMT
Organization: Department of Informatics
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In-reply-to: terry@cs.weber.edu's message of 9 Apr 1994 01:36:53 GMT

Magnus>Who needs a core team?

Terry> Anyone who wanted a smooth transition instead of a 16 month
Terry> power struggle if the lead developer dropped out.

I think people are more likely to drop out of a 'core team' than the
Linux movement. With Linux, you only work as much as you feel like.
Our 'lead developer' does a lot, true - but that's because he wants
too. He doesn't *have* to hand-optimize the patches he recieves.

-Magnus