| From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PgSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Thought provoking piece on NetBSD |
| Date: | 2006-09-01 15:50:36 |
| Message-ID: | 200609011150.37388.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net |
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On Thursday 31 August 2006 14:41, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > We do have portions of a meritocracy in place but we are by no means
> > mature in that arena. Likely because of our lock problem ;)
>
> What specific issues do you see? We're pretty strongly merit-based -- the
> only reservation I see on that is a bias toward more eloquent writers
> having disproprotionate influence. But I don't see any way to avoid that.
>
I think some members of this community confuse volunteerism with meritocracy.
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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