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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard
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John S. Yates, Jr. |
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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard |
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Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:03:37 -0400 |
"Mikhael Goikhman" wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, at this point we should live with the Tom's whims forever.
First let me say that I have nothing but increasing respect for
Tom's skills and accomplishments.
That said I see Gnu Arch as really just emerging from a period
of prototype development. If the project really wants to take
over the world, and especially supplant projects with momentum
and commercial customers (e.g. Subversion, BitKeeper, etc) then
I would warn against two mistakes I have experienced repeatedly
in my career:
1) Deferring to a tiny installed base instead of focusing on
eliminating barriers to adoption
2) Believing that great technology will be irresistible no matter
how it is presented
Appearances matter. Expectations matter. Standards (official
or de facto) matter.
/john
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, David Allouche, 2004/10/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Peter Conrad, 2004/10/15
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Cameron Patrick, 2004/10/15
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Matthieu Moy, 2004/10/15
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Miles Bader, 2004/10/15
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Matthieu Moy, 2004/10/15
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Dustin Sallings, 2004/10/15
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel, 2004/10/15
- [Gnu-arch-users] Timing each command, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/10/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Mikhael Goikhman, 2004/10/15
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard,
John S. Yates, Jr. <=
- [Gnu-arch-users] Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/10/18
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases, Miles Bader, 2004/10/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases, Thomas Lord, 2004/10/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases, Dustin Sallings, 2004/10/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases, Thomas Lord, 2004/10/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/10/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/10/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Barriers to Adoption: exponential userbase size increases, Adrian Irving-Beer, 2004/10/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: newbies should neither be seen nor heard, Stig Brautaset, 2004/10/17
- [Gnu-arch-users] arch's file naming scheme is shell unfriendly, Mikhael Goikhman, 2004/10/17