Re: The current state of affairs, as I see it.

[John R Sheets <dusk smsi-roman com>]

Bowie Poag wrote:
> 
> The result is utter chaos, as predicted by several of us. A second,
> or third competing style guide destroys focus, and confuses
> contributors as to what the "current state" of the REAL project is. Nobody
> can ge anything done, no ideas can be exchaged accurately, and people are
> unsubscribing from the mailing list in hordes because they dont want to
> put up with 150-200 emails in their Inbox every day.
> 
> I hate to say it, but you can thank Tom for that. If you dont believe me,
> look back at the list BEFORE Tom decided to muddy the waters here, with
> his idea of a "style guide".

Well, here's a cold, hard fact.  Over the past three days, Dan K
has posted 125 mails to this list, totalling a good 500K.  And
that's not including the responses.  That's 100% Dan.  Not to
pick on Dan specifically, but I don't think it's anywhere near
fair to blame all this on Tom.

Tom has produced a lot of good, solid, tangible work over the
past couple weeks:

- he has produced and coordinated three preliminary revisions of
a style guide.

- he has posted the latest version on a website for public view
(It's at http://home.onestop.net/arena/rsg.txt, Miguel (c: )

- he has released a quick sample style-test application to bring
the ideas being discussed on the list into a concrete, viewable
form.

Sounds to me like things _are_ getting done, and Tom is at the
center of it.  Many people on this list support Tom's efforts,
and like what he's doing.  At least he's producing something
concrete.

John