Community V. "Community
Derek Broughton
derek at pointerstop.ca
Fri Mar 20 13:17:54 GMT 2009
Christopher Chan wrote:
> Ha! By your own words, it is necessary for a elite group to exclude mere
> users from actual coding.
Of course it is - the coders must be able to prove that they can both
_write_ effective code, and that they can do it in a way that integrates
well with the project group.
>
> The thing that I am driving at is the elite group has more often than
> not demonstrated aloofness to users except their employers which is what
> Amber is driving at. That is certainly what I found in the case of
> OpenSolaris.
Yes, I'll agree with that - it's "aloofness", not unwillingness to _permit_
users to participate.
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derek
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