On 18 March 2012 22:16, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:But in the context of GSOC, it's all or nothing. People willingly
>> Agreed - people do tend to perform better when working on a project
>> they are really invested in.
>>
>> But if that was true enough, wouldn't tons of people be stepping up to
>> support plan9 development?
>>
>> If not, then obviously it's not worth anyone's time.
>
> your argument seems to me to be an all-or-nothing logical fallicy.
contribute small stuff, and hobby stuff. I see GSOC as a time where a
project can get a lot of work done, pay the developer, and make sure
they do it well.
I regularly contribute to a few small Open Source projects. If I could
get paid to do it, I would be spending a lot more time with the
project :-)
I agree with this. In the linux world I help out with Trinity Desktop
> i don't think the fact that the plan 9 community is small is an indication
> that it's not worth spending time on. if that were the case, i'd be looking
> for a new job right now. as it is, we're hiring.
Environment, a KDE3 continuation. I often see "small" being a bad
thing. Personally I love it.
Sorry for being misleading, sort of just rambling
Calvin