On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 07:17:47PM -0600, Default User wrote: > IMHO, the idea of paying privileged, pet, mercenary > developers, while others work for free, was a VERY BAD > IDEA! And it FAILED MISERABLY: (12-4-06 release? It's now > 12-15-06 UT; still no release in sight).
Less than a month overdue and we're in freeze. That seems pretty good to me. Who knows where we'd be if we didn't have Andi and Steve working as hard as they are. I'm not convinced we'd be better off at all. > How would YOU feel working hard for $0/mo while someone > else gets paid (perhaps) $6,000/mo for working on the > same project? That's exactly what is happening, and I don't have a problem with it. > Although I do really miss Debian Weekly News, I FULLY > SUPPORT the decision of it's editor to STOP WORK on it, > and admire him standing up for what is correct, something > that seems to be missing recently in the Debian project. I'd fully support him if he did stop working on it. Unfortunately he didn't, he started using it as a way of pushing his own agenda, and did even more damage to Debian's public image in the process. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
