Re: [Eric-develop] Hire more coders?

[Andrew T. <zo...@i4...>]

Gavin,

There are some tasks I would like to complete this project to before new 
developers are added.

Andrew

Gavin Robert Brewer wrote:

> Andy,
> 
> I have been thinking about the situation with our coders.
> 
> The spec. has been up for several days now, but no-one has yet attempted
> to code a line of it. Sorry to sound negative, but I think there is
> something wrong here.
> 
> We are stuck in a productivity rut.
> 
> Originally, I felt that too many cooks would almost certainly 'spoil the
> broth', but now I feel differently. If we could all get together
> physically in the same building, every day, with a private network of
> 500Mhz+ machines, then the conventional teaching on managing software
> projects would suffice.
> 
> The trouble is, it doesnt. I remember looking at the 99% projects on
> Sourceforge, and they have 20+ coders. Sourceforge.net is very well
> worked-out; if we double, maybe even quadruple the number of coders we
> have, there could be coding going on 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 
> 
> And every person need only do a small amount of work themselves.
> 
> It's just like the timesharing concept in modern OSs. With a firm
> foundation, and clear code layout and specs, (contributed by ourselves,
> as a decentralized net of admins), we could oversee what has already
> become a VAST project.
> 
> I got this idea from a reading we took from the I-Ching. It basically
> said that if we create a 'great vehicle' and attract many followers,
> then we can make this wondeful seed of yours a burgeoning reality.
> 
> Then VOYAGER will have truly become VGER.
> 
> Let's start the Revolution.
> 
> 				Gavin.
> 
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