[Ksummit-2004-discuss] Re: [cgl_discussion] CGL

Timothy D. Witham wookie at osdl.org
Wed Jan 28 15:44:42 PST 2004


On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 15:01, Timothy D. Witham wrote:
>   I'm happy with this and I think that can get a few of the
> "Large Company but no names folks" who have issues with
> getting their names in public but want to participate because
> they are basing their products on Linux and its OSS stack.
                        ^^^^^^^^
                      solutions I wanted to say solutions

Tim
> 
> Tim
> 
> On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 07:02, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 01:38, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote:
> > > solution implementation that better meets the original purpose.  By
> > > laying a set of requirements, you blind the effort to this
> > > purpose-driven solution process that seems so natural to kernel
> > > developers.  (If you're an old fart like me, go back and read
> > > "Breakthrough Thinking".  Younger folk learned that stuff in grade
> > > school.)  Setting a requirements document focuses on the problem rather
> > > than a purpose driven solution.  This happens because the requirement
> > > masks the purpose.
> > 
> > Well, I think we're beginning the debate in email.
> > 
> > I certainly think that there are enough issues in all this to have an
> > open debate at the Summit.  I propose the topic "How should the kernel
> > development community interact with working groups" (hopefully the term
> > "working groups" is broad enough to cover everything).  With a panel of
> > say four people from all poles of the spectrum and a reputable neutral
> > moderator, using a standard debate format (brief statements from each of
> > the participants followed by questions from the floor).  The object
> > being not so much to achieve a consensus, but to begin to understand the
> > scope of all the issues.
> > 
> > James
> > 
> > 
> > 
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