Some days this is so tempting... :-) Actually, I am working on delegating more so that there is less stress on me. :-) BSD's method works well for them. They are (more or less) in maintenance mode. Adding support for new hardware and all. But most of their code works and is stable. Plus, the Unix community has different needs and desires than the BeOS community. No, I don't intend to work by committee any time soon. But I do appreciate the suggestion and the thoughtful way that it was phrased. It is well thought out and very polite. >Just a small suggestion, > >maybe Michael should step down as "head" of the OBOS project and slip back >as head of the kernel dev . Then using all the team leaders, michael >included, form a committee of sorts that they can discuss between each other >of when stuff should be released. Obviously this is sought of happening, but >I think that this project has become too big for one person to be in charge >of. > >Now this is not to criticise all the hard work that michael has put in, more >that it's alot easier to blame one person for something, than it is a group >who've made a united decision. > >I suggest this more in the hope of eleviating some of the "hostility" that >seems to have sprung up over the weekend :-). Keep up the good work, "one" >and all > >Matt