Re: Process, etc.

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On 17 Jun 2001, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

[big snip]

> My second fear is having the board of directors make judgement calls
> on things we have little or no experience and just dictate policy.  I
> am afraid of trying to pretend that the foundation is a company where
> decisions can be made at the top and employees work on what they are
> being told: that is now how free software works.  
> 
> I am afraid that we will manage to piss off existing contributors.
> 

Well, yes, it can cause problems. Similarily, the present 'any group of
people can go off, do something and then push it on everybody else' can
and will cause problems.

I can't see why not having any policy (or everybody just ignoring any and
all policies) is any good.

> Miguel.
> 

	Sander

One day a tortoise will learn to fly
	-- Terry Pratchett, 'Small Gods'