From: David Ross <dross@...>
Date: 2004-10-11T00:55:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby VM Projects

Richard Dale wrote:

>David Ross wrote:
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>>A better result would be to get many people and coordinate those efforts
>>to accomplish a single task. Instead, we have 30 VM projects on the
>>rise. A waste of man-power. I guess if they shed thier light you can
>>also see some as "don't do in future". aka. Failures and Learning Exp.
>>Which can be a good thing.
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>We don't need extra 'Managerial super-heroes' to help co-ordinate limited
>resources. The people who are doing this stuff are not normal programmers
>at all, and your ideas about a 'waste of man-power' are just plain wrong.
>When dealing with these guys - the rules are completely different. Great
>Hackers are most certainly not 'resources to be managed' as you seem to
>think.
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>
Many hackers are coordinated. There are many projects which have a team 
and have specific areas to focus on. Management of OSS projects if a 
plus. There are big projects, and even small projects which have 
mangement. FreeBSD team is one of the larger projects. Then there are 
projects like DragonFlyBSD Installer project which is even smaller than 
what a VM team should have yet they *DO HAVE* management to who works on 
what area. Management is a must to make the project move faster.

>We need extra Hackers (aka Scientific researchers) who do stuff and
>coordinate via peer review. I see nothing wrong with Alex or Koichi trying
>out jit techniques or VM things while others try out Ruby/Parrot
>integration.
>
We need management and collaborated efforts!

--dross