On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 19:37 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > William L. Maltby wrote: > <snip> > > > > I only have one question that I want to add to this gawd-awful thread > > now. > > > > Who is the project serving? The "core" themselves or a "community" of > > users as well? If that is effectively and accurately answered, then the > > dynamics of the relationship(s) between users of the project and the > > "core" can be more clearly stated and understood. > > Well, then I think I can easily clear this up. Our "Project" purpose > has been stated for 4 years, and it has not changed. > <snip> > It has been decided from the beginning and articulated many times. > > > > > This one definition might have saved 90% of this thread. > > > > How we manage the Project is not a community based, it was never > intended to be community based, and it never will be community based. > > Hopefully this clears up any ambiguity. There was never any on *my* part. But maybe it will help those who mis-understood. > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill