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Erm say what?
« on February 7th, 2011, 07:34 AM »
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=420709.msg2942958#msg2942958

How exactly could the events a year ago make him say that? Granted he was grey back then but still...

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Re: Erm say what?
« Reply #1 on February 7th, 2011, 07:40 AM »
To be honest, what was done had to be done...The shitty part was the approach taken and the telling the friends to stfu etc...

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Re: Erm say what?
« Reply #2 on February 7th, 2011, 12:39 PM »
The January mess was what it was -- a mess. Including what came FROM the January mess but later in the year, the end result to me is that:

1/ it led into Yourasoft's stuff, which ended up being a waste of time for a lot of us,
2/ it was an absolute and perfect waste of time in general for all team members, whether pro or anti-leadership,
3/ it took at least 6 months off SMF's schedule,
4/ it hurt its reputation badly, very badly (no thanks to their leadership!)
5/ it pushed away most of their capable teamies or non-teamies.

The only good things that came out of it: BSD license, and Wedge.
So it really was the sign that SMF was dead. Which, in itself, is a good sign because then it can be reborn. Hence Wedge.
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Re: Erm say what?
« Reply #3 on February 7th, 2011, 01:03 PM »
What's done is done, and that can't be changed. Just have to take what we have and move on :)
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Re: Erm say what?
« Reply #4 on February 7th, 2011, 01:13 PM »
What I will say about what happened is that it was intended as an exercise in clearing the deadwood and retaining only the loyal/eager folks. The fact it was implemented insanely badly didn't help but the spirit of intention was good.

It also fragmented things enough that we became open-minded to the realms of possibility - and it's likely that it was a factor in going to BSD.
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Re: Erm say what?
« Reply #5 on February 7th, 2011, 03:38 PM »
At least we learned from it. If it didn't happen, what is there to learn? Hmmm?
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