Land of confusion

I positively dislike when people, by lack of grasping a concept just fall back to using the words without trying to understand them. When this is used to make propaganda then I get really annoyed. When this is used to attack something I believe in using the disparity between the word and its meaning then I really want to bite. Sun's CEO has been telling "Solaris is our implementation of Linux" for years, not just recently. It always made me angry. To me, Linux is a *process*, successful Open Source is a process. An Open Source Licence is a necessary condition to develop an Open Source process, but this is *not* what makes a software have the properties that are usually praised in Open Source development. The history is now full of example of code which got switched to an Open Source licence, and failed as an Open Source project. Adopting an Open Source Licence is a necessary first step, but not sufficient. Growing a community, distributing the decision process among that community, making that process fully transparent are keys to understanding what the words really mean behind "Open Source Success". I also strongly suggest people read Linus write up on Linux kernel management style, yes I consider this a MUST READ, it applies globally to any well managed Open Source project, and it's even fun to read !

gamin

There are still some nasty bugs embedded in gamin. First make sure you use a recent version, 0.0.14 fixed a big problem. I got a good bug report where gamin would deadlock client and server on reconnect, nasty but at least it's now understood. Also check the debugging page. I'm looking forward discussing with rml In Boston this week-end. I'm seeing more and more reports from people using the inotify back-end, this is good.

Boston Botanical Garden

I lived in Boston/Cambridge for 18 months, and while I'm quite fond of botanic and especially orchids I do not remember seing any botanical garden. Apparently there is a new project to build a big Botanical Garden between center downtown and the seaPort. Looks interesting but not yet ready.

Sleep troubles

I have had serious sleep trouble for the last week or so, I just can't get asleeep before 2-4am, I hope I will be able to sleep in the plane and that the timezone change will allow me to get my sleep back in shape.