On 10/15/2009 09:49 PM, Gregory Zysk wrote: > Dear Marketing, > > I have pondered over the question of; 'where to start?' > > After receiving the comments on this list which were supplemented by emails > supporting the fact that there is not much coordination in the area of > marketing, but more so the unwillingness to see the relevance of it, it > makes this a difficult mission. That combined with the questions I have > asked through email to the group leader who never replies to those mails > makes this impossible. > > There has been talk of people not wanting to look inside the organization, > but just want to focus on the outside. Like a doctor who takes care of the > sick but never takes care of themselves. He may help a lot of people, but > when he neglects his own health, he eventually ends up in a position where > he can no longer help others. > > I can really say that as a newbie to the FOSS community and someone who is > not a "techie" or paid to do this but looks at it as one of this social > responsibilities, I am really not too impressed. There is widespread > disagreement, as their is in many other FOSS communities also which leads me > to believe that this is a "members club" only. Those members being the > technically inclined. These technical people have jobs that either support > you to work on Fedora with their time and money or you are actually paid by > Fedora/Redhat.Those of "us" who do not fall under those categories are > putting all of our time with no supplemental payment. > > Therefore, I suggest you keep this a technical distro only, that way > everyone entering the community as well as it's users will have a foundation > to start from. Wider user bases than that need not apply. > > After many hours contemplating it and some sleepless nights, I have decided > where to start: Removing myself from this group! Every time someone leaves the group (or the project) is a sad day for me. I have nothing but thanks for the time and energy you put in and I hope you find something else that will suit you better. I pray that you continue contributing to FOSS if not to Fedora. -- Heherson Pagcaliwagan http://project.azneita.org
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