SEUL: Re: I am *not* giving up

[bruce@va.debian.org]

If you aren't going to give up, I suggest you do several things to deal
with the level of useless talk:

1. Banish non-programmers from the early development.

You've heard as much as you need to hear from them about what they
need. Most of the people on this list don't have the first idea about
how to fix a Linux distribution, because they don't have the basic skills.
Yes, they can tell you what they don't like, but that's already happened,
and now they are just making noise.

2. Shut down the mailing lists.

These lists are 99% noise. The 5-10 people in SEUL who known how to program
should go off on their own and address the problems they already know
about, off of a public list, until they have something to release.

3. Hand-pick your staff.

It's too early in the project to concern yourself with democracy and fairness.
Take the few people who you are sure are capable, and do the job with them.
The rest can join later.

When you guys show that you can write ONE USEFUL PROGRAM, people will take
you seriously. Until that happens, SEUL is just a big noise.

	Bruce Perens