I was also thinking of a piece of research I read last week (and can no longer find) which analysed contributors' activities to projects in the community from the logs rather than from what people say. It showed (unsurprisingly) that very few people contribute the majority of activity, and that they do so over long periods of time.
This power law distribution seems to be pretty common among free software communities, so it's not something that would deserve overly much shouting about.
That's the reason for talking about it. The implications of a power law distribution are significant, and the difference between the status people claim and the actuality is also significant. Both need to be understood if the community is to be developed. David -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org