[openbeos] Re: Long state of affairs
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:54:09 -0500
>Michael Phipps schrieb am Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:59:45 -0500:
>>I am back!
>>
>>Let me talk a little bit about what happened, then where we go from
>here.
>>
>[various troubles with the released patches]
>
>Hi all, perhaps we all should lower our expectations somewhat. After all,
>we're dealing with (at most!) pre-alpha software here, and noone should
>really expect it to run "out-of-the-box" and trouble-free. Also, I don't
>think that the OBOS team's reputation will go down because of this - not
>in this early stage of development.
I hope you are right.
>Personally, I think the speed at which the project advances can already
>be considered a success, given that most of the team members seem to be
>having a "second live" away from their computers ;-)
Life? What's a life? We had to fill out a bio at work. The only thing I put
down was
our URL for hobbies.
>[too much work]
>Michael, I agree when you say you took up too much jobs, but again, I
>think no one will blame you personally (as the Linux community did
>recently in "Linus does not scale"). There are not enough people on the
>project yet, and while that is so, hopefully all members understand the
>problems arising from that situation.
I keep comparing us to Linux. In some ways, we are the same. In many ways we
are different. Linux could get away with shipping just a kernel. We really
can't.
Linux could get away with, say, no sound for a long time. We can not. We have
a bigger task than Linux did, but we have some advantages, too. We have a very
good plan. We have great (I will go so far as to say better) people. And we
have a
complete system to base our work on.
As far as me doing too much, well, yes. I am actively looking for a MIDI kit
leader.
Someone with some MIDI and coding experience. Also, hopefully, some leadship
ability.
MIDI also needs volunteers. That would be a lot of stress off of my plate.
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