Roger Luedecke said the following on 11/24/2011 05:46 PM:
Yeah, our marketing could benefit from better clarity and a little less hype and spin. Frankly though, unlike Canonical or RedHat which are very top down... we on the other hand, despite our relation to SUSE are given enormous freedom with our project. Whether that is good or bad is up to the case or the opinion. But what that certainly does mean is that the concept of say "project management" becomes more a matter of herding cats than anything. And thanks to the fanboyism of the Gnome and KDE guys, it sometimes is herding two battling herds of cats.
"Cats" is an unfortunate metaphor. Mine are sweethearts, but I realise that the cat family includes Panthers and Pumas (aren't those good names for a programming language?). Imagine having hundreds of cats in an open field, and cowboys circling them
On Thursday, November 24, 2011 06:19:41 PM Anton Aylward wrote: trying to herd them in one direction as one would do sheep. Then you see it is an apt metaphor. Now imagine two of these herds, each occasionaly wishing to do battle with each other while the cowboys are trying to get ALL the cats moving in the same direction.
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