I always felt that part of the ethos of the open source community was getting involved. To actually put a little of our time and energy into the products that we use.
RedHat have released a product, which has bugs in. We can read / download the fixes to the product, or, if individuals have sufficient skill, help fix the problems.
A lot of work has gone into this new release, work that the rest of the community doesn't now have to do, and to me this seems like moaning because we have to put in that little effort, or show a little patients.
Same here, and now Kuro5hin has lots of nice new visitors to impress. If they like what they see, they'll stay. Surley this is a good way for the community to grow. You find something good and you tell others about it.
Nation States provide much more than armed forces and ways of collecting taxes. They can also provide a police force, social security, education and other services. I am having trouble seeing how an online community could provide these things without a physical presence. Any ideas?
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Surely the tech community is in a unique position in this way. I can join many different on line forums and join in discussions issue by issue. Although this can lead to a fragmented opinion from the tech community as there is not a small group of discison makers, as in a political party or the board of a corporation.
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RedHat have released a product, which has bugs in. We can read / download the fixes to the product, or, if individuals have sufficient skill, help fix the problems.
A lot of work has gone into this new release, work that the rest of the community doesn't now have to do, and to me this seems like moaning because we have to put in that little effort, or show a little patients.
Same here, and now Kuro5hin has lots of nice new visitors to impress. If they like what they see, they'll stay. Surley this is a good way for the community to grow. You find something good and you tell others about it.
Nation States provide much more than armed forces and ways of collecting taxes. They can also provide a police force, social security, education and other services. I am having trouble seeing how an online community could provide these things without a physical presence. Any ideas?
Surely the tech community is in a unique position in this way. I can join many different on line forums and join in discussions issue by issue. Although this can lead to a fragmented opinion from the tech community as there is not a small group of discison makers, as in a political party or the board of a corporation.