Re: project status

Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 13:49 -0500, Michael Miller wrote:
> 
>>I personally think that in order for gentoo to reach the mainstream,
> 
> Wait a minute.  Who has *ever* said that Gentoo is trying to reach the
> mainstream? or gain market share? or any of that bogus bullshit that
> matters when you have money invested and are trying to make a return on
> that investment?
> 
>>it needs, in addition to a graphical installer, great configuration
>>tools. I know everyone always says RTFM. Look at it this way. Is the
>>average joe gonna read a 100 page manual on how to use gentoo, or use
>>something more simple like red hat or mandrake? Gentoo needs good
>>tools for keeping itself up to date.
> 
> Those people can go use Mandrake.  I don't care.  I don't mean this to
> be mean or anything, but allow me to explain.
> 
> I use Gentoo because I love it.  I develop for Gentoo for myself.  I
> could care less if others like what I do, as my primary goal is to
> please myself.  At the same time, I see a very large value in the work
> others have done to please themselves, and most of that work pleases me,
> too.  Since they were all kind enough to license it in such a way as I
> can use it, I do the same as a courtesy to them.  This is how a
> community-based distribution works.  We all scratch our own little
> individual itches, and put the fixes into one big pot that is Gentoo.
> 
> Gentoo is not trying to take over the world or become Red Hat.  Gentoo
> is trying to do *exactly* one thing, and that is to make Gentoo better.
> All other things are just people trying to influence us into doing the
> work they want done but have neither the desire, the skills, or the
> patience to accomplish.
> 
> Maybe one day Gentoo will take over the world.  Maybe one day Gentoo
> will be only me, holding on for dear life to something that I hold dear.
> Either way, Gentoo will live on and I'll be happy with it.  Gentoo
> doesn't *need* to do anything.  As you can see, we seem to be gaining
> enough momentum on our own doing things our way.  There are many cases
> where growth too fast causes a quick downfall (think pretty much
> any .com company).  Specifically targeting your development solely to
> ensure quick short-term gains is short-sighted and destined to fail.
> 
> "If you build it, they will come."
> 
> We don't need to hurry people along to join Gentoo.  We only need to
> work at a pace that is comfortable to us and add the features that are
> required to improve the distribution.  Dumbing things down does not need
> to be a part of the equation, especially when the intended goal is only
> to bring out "Joe User".

**golf clap**

-- 
Andrew Gaffney
Gentoo Linux Developer
Installer Project