From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19c5b6bf683e73fd097a915089b21087@brasstown.quanstro.net> References: <20120316193646.GA2789@polynum.com> <8ed57c744c8ba6e26f2b320d0dcf36dd@brasstown.quanstro.net> <19c5b6bf683e73fd097a915089b21087@brasstown.quanstro.net> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:40:14 -0400 Message-ID: From: Calvin Morrison To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 rejected from GSoC 2012 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6ab48cf6-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 18 March 2012 22:16, erik quanstrom wrote: >> 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. But in the context of GSOC, it's all or nothing. People willingly 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 don't think the fact that the plan 9 community is small is an indicatio= n > that it's not worth spending time on. =A0if that were the case, i'd be lo= oking > for a new job right now. =A0as it is, we're hiring. I agree with this. In the linux world I help out with Trinity Desktop 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