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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!van-bc!uniserve!newsfeeds.sol.net!worldnet.att.net!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!fido.asd.sgi.com!refugee.engr.sgi.com!sca From: sca@refugee.engr.sgi.com (Steve Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community" Date: 2 Apr 1997 10:10:07 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5htb9v$drh@fido.asd.sgi.com> References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <3340C3F0.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> <5hrqmo$44f@fido.asd.sgi.com> <3341D411.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> Reply-To: sca@sgi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: fddi-refugee.engr.sgi.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38281 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6545 comp.sys.sgi.misc:29609 In article <3341D411.41C67EA6@freebsd.org>, John S. Dyson <dyson@freebsd.org> wrote: >Well, as a project leader of some very large and complex projects in the >past, I have found that organization is very important to maintain >coherence. Of course, one can ignore infrastructure and build a house >of cards and let things come falling in on themselves when the structure >is found to be non-existant. No argument, but I guess I've not heard anybody assert that Linux is a house of cards until this conversation came up. >Maybe your experience has been in less than >ideal situations? Hahahahahahahahaha... We can talk about that sometime; I used to run projects for a living, and I could probably dredge up some opinions ;-> I'd sure like to hear your definition of "ideal" too, but I think it's a conversation best taken off-line. Project management war stories tend to disturb younger or more sensitive viewers. -- Steve Alexander | Silicon Graphics, Inc. | +1 (415) 933-6172 (Voice) sca@sgi.com | http://reality.sgi.com/sca | +1 (415) 933-0513 (FAX) "O2: Ignite Your Toast."