Brian Debelius wrote: > Sorry that I can't help develop. But I can help drum up interest. Go > digg it, and (try to) drive it to the front page. > http://digg.com/software/Popular_mature_open_source_backup_project_needs_developers_www_bacula_org > > brian- > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Open Source is a fantastic success story, and shows every sign of becoming a >> gigantic snow ball over the next few years. Usage of Bacula is increasing >> significantly, which is very pleasing. However, the development side of >> Bacula, with one or two exceptions, I consider a total failure.
ok, I contributed my infinitesimal weight to the digg. However, I would also like to make a comment. I hear an element of discouragement in Kern's message. I can certainly empathize with that as well as understand it, but it isn't going to draw programmers in. It emanates too much negativity. If someone could draw up a PR piece (qua "job announcement") with an upbeat feeling to it, give it a prominent place on the bacula site, and then start blogging or digging that link, it might have a better likelihood of attracting some programmers. I'm not sure, however, of the dynamics of becoming involved. It seems to me that the motivation for contributing code comes from an involvement in using the software. If you don't get paid for the work, why would you jump into it unless it was something that mattered to you in the first place? You want something fixed, or added, and you are capable of programming, so you do it and contribute the code. Eventually, your dependence on the product and your pride in having contributed to it combine to form a commitment that leads to greater involvement. So, it might be a sort of cart and horse question. --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------- Erdös 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
