From: James Britt Date: 2009-08-22T01:04:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Why, oh why, _why? Jason Roelofs wrote: > > If Matz decided that he was done with Ruby and wanted to move on, if he > pulled a _why and up and deleted ruby-lang.org, the entire SVN repository, > and shut down ruby-doc.org, there would be a HUGE outcry. I'll say. I'd wonder how he got access to my servers to shut down ruby-doc.org. There's a reason to have things distributed. Fault tolerance. > If Jamis Buck > decided to completely shut down and delete capistrano instead of posting a > good-bye message like he did and letting others take up the reins, people > would be pretty ticked off. Why is what _why did here any different, that he > should be respected in this decision? > > I think people have confused two issues here: _why's disappearance and the > destruction of all his work. _why calling it quits is FINE. He has every > right to leave, and yes he has every right to do what he did in the removal > of all this work, but that doesn't make it right. > Nonetheless this is a very educational experience, and, in the grand scheme of things, hardly world-shaking. Be grateful both for what you were given and what you can learn. -- James Britt www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys www.ruby-doc.org - Ruby Help & Documentation www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff www.neurogami.com - Smart application development