[Ilugc] [OT] From Mark Shuttleworth
- From: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx (steve)
- Date: Sat Jul 31 18:17:12 2010
On 07/31/2010 10:04 AM, Akilan R wrote:
A very neat and timely essay from Mark Shuttleworth about tribalism in Free
Software world:
The very uncool thing about being a fanboy (or fangirl) of a project is that
you?re openly declaring both a tribal affiliation and a willingness to
reject the work of others just because they belong to a different tribe.
I'd just like to add, please read the comments to the post too. Which give you
a
good balanced idea. This post was prompted by the calling out on more than one
occasion of Ubuntu's lack of contribution:
Most recently for GNOME:
http://gregdekspeaks.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/red-hat-16-canonical-1/
Prior to that for the kernel:
http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/lpc_2008_keynote.html
...and also on various mailing lists/forums etc.
IMHO, having to defend oneself by words rather than work in meritocracy based
FOSS is ...ahem ...sad. At the end of day this whole issue is just that someone
pointed out that the emperor has not clothes on and the emperor says - 'hey,
look, I thought I had them on but if I don't you should really be pointing it
out'.
cheers,
- steve
PS: Branding people who are just pointing to facts, as 'The Gregs' and engaging
in this:
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/77#comment-32120
...apparently doesn't qualify as tribalism ?
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