Wedge
Public area => The Pub => Off-topic => Topic started by: live627 on February 7th, 2011, 07:34 AM
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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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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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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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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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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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At least we learned from it. If it didn't happen, what is there to learn? Hmmm?