Re: Re: community trust

Samium Gromoff writes:
 > Alan Cox wrote:
 > 
 > > I dont think you are measuring anything useful. Egbert has done huge
 > > amounts of work for XFree86, he's not involved in the politics and in
 > > "big name" stuff.

;-)

 > > 
 > > So I'm better known than Egbert (and also have more common name
 > > elements). Being well known has nothing to do with running XFree86. 
 > > Doing the work does, and in that are Egbert v Alan lines of code is
 > > probably the inverse of the google numbers.

In XFree86, yes ;-)

 > 
 >  No, no, my point was another thing:
 > "Whom the community have a bigger chance to trust?"
 > "Whose opinion means more in the public eyes?"
 > and finally:
 > "Who is the last one you shall argue with?"

Then you shouldn't count google hits. I would think 95% of the 
hits are email postings to some public lists that are indexed
by google.
This tells you nothing. Every answer to a support question will
be counted once, crossposts even more than once.

 > 
 > Possibly it was a bit too emotional though...
 > 
 > The problem is, as i see it, in the fact that the current XF86 rulers
 > take the rest of the world as hostages.

You are kidding aren't you?
At least some people feel their work is importand.

 > 
 > They directly control a key piece of technology.
 > The question is whether we trust them to keep it in their control.
 > 

Control? In open source? 

Egbert.