A Look at the Compiz and Beryl Merger

invisibastard writes to mention that Linux Tech Daily has an editorial on the merger between Compiz and Beryl. "This state of affairs was a shame. Something that was finally getting the general public excited about Linux, the 3D desktop, was wasting time with duplication of effort and fighting. There were concerns about the long term viability of Beryl. The perception in the community overall was, Compiz = old and stale, Beryl = fresh and exciting. This despite the feeling in the Compiz community that the "real work" was being done by David Reveman and Compiz, and there were exciting things with Compiz core (like input redirection, etc...) on the horizon."

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Error 500 - Internal server error

[evilviper]

Error 500 - Internal server error

Server committed seppuku rather than face a slashdotting.

Re:Error 500 - Internal server error

[jimicus]

OK, raise your hand if you actually tried to RTFA to see if the server returned that?

<raises hand>

Humble Programmers Are Bad

[bcharr2]

There are complaints about the egos of the developers in the forums.

I believe it is a pretty generally accepted theory of Computer Science that humble programmers aren't much good on a project. So why would they discuss the inflated egos of programmers on these projects as though it was a bad thing?

For future reference, the formula is:

(BIG EGO == GREAT CODER)
(HUMBLE == BAD BAD BAD CODER)

Are we all clear on this now?

Re:Humble Programmers Are Bad

[Anonymous Coward]

(BIG EGO == GREAT CODER)
(HUMBLE == BAD BAD BAD CODER)

Hey, wait a minute - not only am I a great coder (possibly the best), but I'm also the most humble person you will ever meet!

Re:Humble Programmers Are Bad

[Ryan Amos]

This seems to be true of all things.

The more you boast of how good you are at something, the better you must be!

Re:Humble Programmers Are Bad

[misleb]

Let me guess, you think you're a a really awesome coder...

Re:Site is down..

[Anonymous Coward]

Is this a sign of how the merger will turn out?

Yes. Merger will be hugely successful and attract a lot of users.

Linux programming may be a "boy's" world...

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

Linux programming may be a "boy's" world...

...the perception in the community overall was, Compiz = old and stale, Beryl = fresh and exciting. This despite the feeling in the Compiz community that the "real work" was being done by David Reveman and Compiz...

...but they sure can gossip like seventh-grade girls.

Re:Leopard

[Hatta]

I use the desktop cube in Beryl

I haven't used Beryl, but I'm curious. Don't you end up with a desktop that's upside-down once in a while?

Alright...

[Gazzonyx]

OK - we'll settle and give you the title of 'Great Java Programmer'.
Hey, at least I didn't say J#.
*DUCKS*

Re:Frosty piss!

[Anonymous Coward]

it needs everyone working

You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Re:Frosty piss!

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you fork yourself if you suck? Don't you need to remove a rib for that?

Ignore me... posting as AC to not incur the karma hit ;)

Re:Good for them

[Drooling Iguana]

There's a fairly well-known mechanism for that sort of thing in biology, but most Slashdotters are unfamiliar with it.

MOD PARENT UP!

[MarkByers]

> We've got the source, so stuff can be rebuilt every time backward compatibility breaks. But that's definitely *not* a good thing

MOD PARENT UP! Agreed! I for one *hate* having source code. It makes no sense to me - especially when written in some crazy out-dated language like C++. I'd much rather just get the binary, or if it has to be source, then I want it in something that doesn't need to be compiled like Python or Unlambda.