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Not cool. It's like you're getting kids under the drinking age all fired up about a new club, and when they actually show up, they are bounced at the door. How rude! If you're going to recruit folks like this to help Linux out, Linux needs to be something they can be inspired by — something they can actually use. Otherwise, why will they care? And for the few who either are inspired already and see the potential, or who find out about free software & culture on their own and have some interest in it, it's not just that they have to gear up just to be able to join your project — there's alternatives calling out to them that are more welcoming and far easier to get started with.
-- Máirín Duffy

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Posted Oct 7, 2010 13:38 UTC (Thu) by mjthayer (guest, #39183) [Link] (2 responses)

Many people have been saying this for a long time. Interesting that Maírín has managed to make so many people pay attention.

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Posted Oct 7, 2010 16:04 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link] (1 responses)

Maybe it's because she's brilliant, and people respect that. As an example, the "Fedora Design Bounty" idea is very good, both in concept _and_ execution.

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Posted Oct 7, 2010 16:15 UTC (Thu) by mjthayer (guest, #39183) [Link]

> Maybe it's because she's brilliant, and people respect that.

Good for her then. My respect too.


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