Comment 1859 for bug 1

Hi :)
+1

to all that.  Except point 4.  I think it's precisely because of the failures of others that our chances of success are increased
1.  the failures at least raise awareness of the fact there are different opinions

2.  It allows us to learn from the mistakes and try things a bit or a LOT differently

Oh, and except point 1 also.  No-one is talking about giving up except the people saying "that is not an option" or words-to-that-effect.

Regards from
Tom :)

>________________________________
> From: Randall Ross <email address hidden>
>Sent: Thursday, 30 May 2013, 20:26
>Subject: Re: [Bug 1] Closing makes sense; but close status is wrong
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>
>My thoughts:
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>1) On perseverance: Giving up is not an option. "Can't Fix" admits
>defeat.
>
>2) On pragmatism: We might need to temporarily accept a binary blob (or
>three) or even a proprietary service along the road to Freedomville.
>When we do, we've introduced a bug to be fixed later. (It's a bit like
>taking shortcuts in programming. Sometimes we do that to get the result
>faster, knowing that there's debt to be repaid down the road.)
>
>3) On timeline: Ubuntu will outlive all of us. "Ubuntu is not just
>software." When making plans we should consider a planning horizon of at
>least 20 years.
>
>4) On history: Just because others have failed to implement a business
>model that maintains independence from capital markets, and respects,
>spreads and preserves freedom, we should not assume that is the 100%
>probable case. History is not always a good predictor of the future and
>swans are sometimes black.
>
>Cheers,
>Randall.
>Ubuntu Evangelists Team.
>
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