Daniel Robbins hired by M$

[marius]

On 6/14/05, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 6/14/05, marius <anarcap-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 6/14/05, Robert Brockway <rbrockway-wgAaPJgzrDxH4x6Dk/4f9A at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, bob wrote:
> >
> > Judging by the number of orphans on SourceForge, losing one or two key
> > developers is enough to slow or shut down an OSS project.
> 
> I wouldn't judge SF that way...
> 
> The situation with SF is that there are enormous numbers of projects
> there that are nothing more than the wishful thinking of the one or
> two "would-be project leaders."
> 
> There are plenty of projects that never were vital to anyone.

You're pretty much dead-on. I've tried contributing to a couple of SF
projects (as much as I cold do with my skill-set) but it's very hard
to get excited about a project that even the so-called "project
leaders" weren't all that gung-ho about.

//mts
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