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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE development as a spectator sport!
From:       Amir Michail <amichail () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-06-22 10:52:40
Message-ID: eb969693050622035222a6735d () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 6/22/05, Richard Dale <Richard_Dale@tipitina.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 June 2005 12:23, Amir Michail wrote:
> > > > Second, we could have spectators bet on various events (e.g.,  who
> > > > will win an argument, when a bug will be fixed, whether a new feature
> > > > will be added, whether a developer will gain/lose CVS write access,
> > > > etc.).  This would make things more fun and provide another way to
> > > > identify interesting events.  See the buzz game as an example of what
> > > > could be done: http://buzz.research.yahoo.com/bk/market/index.html
> > >
> > > This won't affect the behaviour of developers.
> >
> > I think betting would make it more fun for the spectators.  It need
> > not affect the behavior of the developers.
> We don't really need spectators, we need participents. The only use for that
> sort of gimmick would be if you had a non-community project, trying to pose
> as a community project. It's just faking it.
> 
> -- Richard
> 

It may not help you directly.  But one of the goals of such a system
would be to make the general public more aware of what software
development is really like.  This in turn might increase enrollment in
computer science and participation in open source projects.

Amir

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