Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: quality, bazaar, arch, etc.

[Andrew Suffield]

On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 06:27:48PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> However, when the structure becomes larger than a partnership of
> equals with no employees, HR inevitably becomes institutionalized.
> That is what you object to, I suppose, but you seem unaware that there
> is no existing alternative, not that can support the kind of lifestyle
> you aspire to (== writing the software you think is valuable as you
> believe you should, rather than according to others' requirements and
> specifications) and a modicum of freedom too, and you (and Andrew[1])
> offer none.

> [1]  When I wrote "Andrew may be shucking us" I meant that I suspect
> that he's aware of this, but though he finds it extremely distasteful,
> doesn't plan to do anything about it

Not inaccurate as far as it goes, but it's because I can't even
qualify the problem accurately (I could make some guesses, but they'd
probably be fiction), let alone imagine any solutions. About the only
thing I can presently observe is that the outcome is suboptimal and
therefore some kind of problem must exist - I can reason backwards
from that to a point, but not as far as specifying the problem.

The problem may or may not be solvable, but I know when I'm out of my
depth, so I'm not going to tackle it.

Instead I avoid needing a solution. I have a day job, where I don't
have to get involved in that sort of thing - it happens, and it sucks,
but at least other people do it. Actually, a guy I work with once said
something along the lines of "developers/contractors should not talk
to customers: it wastes their time and annoys the customer". The
principle probably applies here as well.

Having successfully SEPed it, my interest is little more than academic.

-- 
Andrew Suffield

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