On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:59:54 -0800, Don Stewart
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Protect_the_community
Random notes on how to maintain tone, focus and productivity in an online community I took a few years ago.
Might be some material there if anyone's seeking to help ensure we remain a constructive, effective community.
To quote Simon Peyton-Jones (see the fourth unbolded paragraph in "Computerworld - The A-Z of Programming Languages: Haskell" at http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/261007/-z_programming_languages_hask...); viz.:
What I’m really trying to say is that the fact Haskell hasn’t become a real mainstream programming language, used by millions of developers, has allowed us to become much more nimble, and from a research point of view, that’s great. We have lots of users so we get lots of experience from them. What you want is to have a lot of users but not too many from a research point of view -- hence the avoid success at all costs.
"Avoid success at all costs!" -- Benjamin L. Russell -- Benjamin L. Russell / DekuDekuplex at Yahoo dot com http://dekudekuplex.wordpress.com/ Translator/Interpreter / Mobile: +011 81 80-3603-6725 "Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." -- Matsuo Basho^