[Freeswitch-users] Call For Help: Janitor Projects

[Anthony Minessale]

how about:

"WALL-E projects"  maybe Steve J will give us permission.


On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Tim Ringenbach <timr at asteriasgi.com> wrote:

> Anthony Minessale wrote:
> > Did you follow the link I posted?
> > http://www.google.com/search?q=janitor+project
> >
> > The linux kernel calls it the same thing and so do all the other
> > project that come up in that search.
> >
> > Would you prefer "Custodial Engineering projects"
> >
> It definitely is the commonly used term for that sort of thing.  But I
> would tend to agree that I wouldn't expect people to get excited about
> volunteering to be a janitor. Any idea how successful those projects are
> at attracting volunteers?
>
> Sadly, I don't have a better suggestion. But no matter how much Michael
> says he loves janitors, to me a janitor is someone who has to clean up
> other people's crap (figuratively and sometimes literally). And I can
> see how that could fail to attract as many volunteers as the "Freeswitch
> Happy, Rich, and Well Endowed people" project might.
> > I tried to be nice but you continue to perpetuate this thread.
> >
> > Another term you may not be familiar with is when someone who is
> > outnumbered starts trying to
> > get the last word on a mailing list or forum, they're called "trolls"
> I always thought trolls had to be trying to really be considered a
> troll. Like if I were to post to this list trying to convince you all to
> give up on freeswitch and join the asterisk project, while knowing full
> well the history, and just trying to get a rise out of you.
>
> --Tim
>
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