Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread davidson
On Thu, 5 Sep 2013, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: On Thu, 5 Sep 2013, Michael Meskes wrote: On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 03:31:05PM -0400, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: Who? A companies community should only contain companies. what kind of community contains only companies? such a thi

Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread davidson
hi michael. On Thu, 5 Sep 2013, Michael Meskes wrote: On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 03:31:05PM -0400, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: tldnr: what sorts of transactions are supposed to take place on the closed debian-companies list? how will their secret-from-users nature empower users? how wi

Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 11:14:11AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 08:39:00PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > On 03/09/13 19:14, Michael Meskes wrote: > > > Right and we already have a debian-consultants mailing list, don't we? > > Yes, and that list is also struggling, so why fork

Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Michael Meskes (2013-09-05 11:45:49) > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 03:31:05PM -0400, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu > wrote: > > tldnr: what sorts of transactions are supposed to take place on the > > closed debian-companies list? how will their secret-from-users > > nature empower users? how

Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! * Michael Meskes [130902 16:23]: > as you may or may not know there has been talk about starting a communiy of > companies around Debian. I'd like to get things moving now and I believe the > DPL agrees. I think it is a wonderfull idea and whish you good luck forming that group. If it succe

Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread MJ Ray
On 05/09/13 10:22, Michael Meskes wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 08:48:59PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: >> Most importantly, what is the aim of picking a random size limit? > > The size limit is not exactly random, but it may be too high or too low. Great, but what is the aim of that limit? To encou

Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread Michael Meskes
On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 03:31:05PM -0400, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: > tldnr: what sorts of transactions are supposed to take place on the > closed debian-companies list? how will their secret-from-users nature > empower users? how will their secret-from-project-members empower the > debi

Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread Michael Meskes
On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 08:48:59PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Most importantly, what is the aim of picking a random size limit? The size limit is not exactly random, but it may be too high or too low. > And where else defines "company" as "one DD and at least 10 people on > staff"? I think being a

Re: Debian companies group

2013-09-05 Thread Michael Meskes
On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 08:39:00PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > On 03/09/13 19:14, Michael Meskes wrote: > > Right and we already have a debian-consultants mailing list, don't we? > > Yes, and that list is also struggling, so why fork it? Because the list may be struggling because its definition is too