From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Patrick Kelly" To: "'Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs'" <9fans@9fans.net> References: <201004170239.28944.corey@bitworthy.net> <4BC98362020000CC00026C96@wlgw07.wlu.ca> In-Reply-To: <4BC98362020000CC00026C96@wlgw07.wlu.ca> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:19:40 -0400 Message-ID: <001d01cade39$05b76e50$11264af0$@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Mars Needs Women (was Re: TeX: hurrah!) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 05ac01dc-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > On the other hand: doesn't individual development suffers from at = least two problems? >=20 > (1) lack of a common vision leading to potentially widely divergent = and incompatible solutions > (2) lack of sufficient energy (manpower etc.) behind any given project = development to make any real headway. >=20 > Presumably there's a happy medium between supreme bloat and = minimalism? >=20 Look into the farm studies of Poland. Individual work has a benefit no community work can have; honor. That = product's success or failure is going to affect the image of who created = it. When an individual creates a product, it has a desire to see it = succeed. When a group creates a product, they have a desire to get their = paychecks. You can be right about the manpower issue. In no way could on man build = a bridge, but one man can build efficient software.