Re: Bye Bruce

1998-03-22 Thread Britton
On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Richard Sevenich wrote: > Well, OK - I'll stick with Debian despite Bruce's departure - for a > while longer. The developers would miss folks like me who ask those > naive questions. You can't be elite if no one notices. > > Bruce provided a type of leadership (yes, I know I

Re: Bye Bruce

1998-03-20 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> Alex> and then there is that ugly word: outsiders. > > And yes, there are always outsiders. When you have a > community, unless it encompasses all humanity, there are always > outsiders. People who do not "get" freedom of software. People who And those who "get" this freedom differently

Re: Bye Bruce

1998-03-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Alex" == Alex Romosan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alex> but this is not really what you said a few days ago. to quote: Yes, I did say that, didn't I? Manoj> The thing that drives us is that we feel a sense of community Manoj> with people like us, who are like minded enough and h

Re: Bye Bruce

1998-03-20 Thread Alex Romosan
manoj wrote: > Hmm. Elitism is not really a strong motivating force for > me. Sharing with what I percive to be my community is. People asking > questions is good: for people who ask questions shall one day be > contributors to the community. Developers did not spring to this > earth tapping

Re: Bye Bruce

1998-03-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> So far I would say that under the circumstances, the George> developers did a nice job. There are some rough edges but George> there was also considerable pressure to get nearly everything George> rebuilt for glibc. Nice job, fol

Re: Bye Bruce

1998-03-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Richard" == Richard Sevenich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Richard> Well, OK - I'll stick with Debian despite Bruce's departure - Richard> for a while longer. The developers would miss folks like me Richard> who ask those naive questions. You can't be elite if no one Richard> notices.

Bye Bruce

1998-03-20 Thread Richard Sevenich
Well, OK - I'll stick with Debian despite Bruce's departure - for a while longer. The developers would miss folks like me who ask those naive questions. You can't be elite if no one notices. Bruce provided a type of leadership (yes, I know Ian took over some time ago) that was reassuring to the us