[OT] why isn't bikeshed good enough as a sounder replacement?

[Basil Chupin]

On 19/06/11 05:17, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 11:45 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 09:38:26AM -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>
>>           .........snip.........
>>> I think we've been led to believe that the,"entire Ubuntu membership,"
>>> includes each and every one of us.  Where's my ballot?  Where /have
>>> been/ my ballots in the past?  How about voting notification?
>>>
>>> Again, community/Community.
>> You may not remember, but Mark the Magnificent has already said "this is
>> not a democracy". You're also forgetting about the Golden Rule:
>>
>> He who has the gold makes the rules
> To a point, you are 100% correct. It is a meritocracy. But, one who has
> the gold may not be able to exchange it for a carrot, if the farmer will
> not accept it, since he can't eat it. So, there is a certain amount of
> good will exchange that we value the same currency, that being the
> Ubuntu distribution.
>
> I have a stake in that, but not Mark's gold, while acknowledging that it
> is his gold that makes it happen. I just happen to place a higher sense
> of worth on this distribution. For that, I honor his stake. But, all the
> gold in the world does not make Ubuntu happen. It's the developers, and
> even the users, who do as well. The gold enables us. to a point. But
> it's not the love of gold that makes this happen. Uncle Mark has written
> many times on this topic of community. He enabled it, but he didn't
> "buy" it or us. My two-cents, Ric

You're not just a pretty face, are you?

BC

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