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On Thu, 18 May 2006, Rene Krywult wrote:
>
> > Those who can appreciate the power of simplicity
> >will come anyway. I would not care about the rest who have more
> >than enough problems covering their backs.
> >
> How shall new blood come in, if we don't try to "convert"? Without "PR"
> and "proselyting", there is simply no way that those who "appreciate the
> power of simplicity" even get a taste of BB. Every OpenSource project so
> far stood and fell with the "critical number" of developers and testers.
Yes of course, but I would not bet on the success of "proselyting".
As I can see it around, most professionals are not attracted to merits.
The modern workplace works something like this: anything that the boss
says is good, is good. I cannot convert my collegaue against his/her boss
in any area. In such an environment, one needs to be independent in order
to pursue a non-standard tool. People who maintain their independence
are rare. It is not by accident that many Blackbox users are in academia,
or are independent software developers, or teachers. These are the
situations where one can be independent.
So, if you can see a prospective convert who is also a thinking and
independent person, by all means go after such a prospect. But most of
the time we are dealing with victims of the modern workplace system,
who have cheerfully surrendered their independence long ago. It is usually
hopeless to show Blackbox to such people. Or anything else, for that
matter.
W.
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