Re: What a modern collaboration toolkit looks like

[Eric S. Raymond]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden>:
>     You do gradually gain status by being available when you're needed.  And 
>     you do lose influence when you're not around for a while.  But there's
>     no cliquishness about it -- all you have to do to have a place in the 
>     discussion is show up, really.
> 
> I'd prefer a culture in which status comes from being willing and
> able to do the hard jobs.  It sounds like that is a reason to mainly
> stick to email.

Did you miss the bit where I talked about going from n00b to senior dev
in four months because I pitched in and did a lot of hard work?

You can have a place in the discussion just by showing up.  But you
only develop authority by taking responsibility.  That has not 
changed, nor is it likely to.
-- 
                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>