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[janderson]

Lionello Lunesu wrote:
> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>> Hum, BTW, let me recommend this Google presentation that featured on 
>> slashdot some time ago:
>> "How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People "
>> http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-4216011961522818645
>> Note that the talk is more than just about "poisonous people", but 
>> community management in general.
>> (And just to be 100% clear, I'm not calling poisonous to anyone, I 
>> didn't even read that stdio/standard-libs threads, so I don't know 
>> what went on there)
>>
> 
> What the h*** are "poisonous people"? Is it some kind of terrorist?
> 
> L.

It seems that their open source projects may be a little more hostile 
then I would like, and their projects have much overhead for making a 
contribution.  I think the guys are a little harsh but they raise some 
good points.

-Joel