Re: [ros-dev] RE: [ros-svn] [gdalsnes] 16793: my 1st

[Richard]

I agree with your points, and i'm not saying that devs shouldn't be 
allowed to work on a given featureset, i just believe that we should be 
focused more on the goals for the next release.

Richard

Alex Ionescu wrote:

>   Richard wrote:
>
> >   This wasn't directed at any one person :P
> >
> >  This is directed at everyone in general.  A problem i've noticed that 
> >  alotta devs are having is a problem i tend to have as well.  In order 
> >  for ReactOS to actually become a useable, viable desktop alternative 
> >  someday, goals need to be SET and MET.  You set a goal, and you work 
> >  towards the goal.  When all the goals are met, you release a new 
> >  version.  Remember 0.3?  It was due out last year wasn't it?  It's 
> >  now almost NEXT year and there is still a lot of work to do for 0.3.
> >
> >  
>  Setting goals is one thing, but meeting them is another. ReactOS is 
>  not a company. Although we try really hard to set certain goals, there 
>  is no rule saying "Thomas, you can't implement NTMARTA! We are 
>  supposed to work on networking" or "Hartmut, stop fixing the Cache 
>  Manager, fix networking instead!" or "Filip, stop working on NT 
>  compatibility, we need networking!!". If we do that, then all the devs 
>  would simply not do any more work. ReactOS is a free environment where 
>  everyone does what he wants. Mathematically, 8 developers working on 
>  one feature, then all working on another feature, then all working on 
>  another feature versus 8 developers working each on their own features 
>  equals to the same. In the short term, one gives you your goal much 
>  faster (yay, we have networking), but leaves everythign else in the 
>  dust (video? multi-user? pnp? dust in the wind...). The other method, 
>  in the short term, gives you an impression of nothing working (which 
>  is true, since everything is only, say 10% implemented), but in the 
>  long run will give you a complete system. ReactOS has chosen to follow 
>  that second method.
>
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>
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