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# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-12
<ArneBab> we have a mission statement: http://hurd.gnu.org
<Gorodish> yes
<Gorodish> but it's quite wishy washy
<Gorodish> considering all the elegant capability Hurd potentially has to
offer
<antrik> Gorodish: it's true that the mission statement is very
abstract... but then, it's hard to put anything more specific into 35
words
<Gorodish> not with some practice
<Gorodish> I notice programers tend to speak and write in terms of what
something does
<Gorodish> not what it is
<Gorodish> the "What is Hurd" is a good example
<Gorodish> there's a lot of interesting information there
<Gorodish> but the way it's ordered is odd
<antrik> a mission statement is not primarily a PR instrument; but rather a
guide that allows separating things that benefit the common goal from
things that don't...
<antrik> I agree that some actual marketing material in addition would be
nice :-)
<Gorodish> yes
<Gorodish> the modesty of Developers that work on FOSS projects never
ceases to amaze me
<Gorodish> I agree that the informational, factual, results oriented
documentation is the primary objective of documenting
# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-25
<antrik> heh, nice: http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/Rationale
<antrik> most of this could be read as a rationale for the Hurd just as
well ;-)
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