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[Eric Schabell <eschabell AT sourcemage.org>]

> This actually made me think in another direction. Since we are 
> source-based I just took the ball and ran from there, but maby there are 
> other, more important values toSMGL? Being source-based is actually only 
> a method of acheiving a goal, not a goal in itself. We could find some 
> other point of focus, and just accept source-based as a method. So what 
> are the goals?
> 
> If source-based was our goal, we would have fulfilled it by now, so what 
> more is there? Is it about having the best management system? Delivering 
> the most choise? The most stable or bug-free? Is it all about having fun?
> 
Now you are on the right track! My thoughts if I just pull them out of
the hat on the fly:

- choice is left to the admin.
- never intended for basic users, should know what your doing (admin users)
- culture here in the SMGL valley is once of cooperation and easy going
- easy of understanding (bash package manager, text based spells)
- low barrier for participation, from spell writting up to sorcery
  development.
- non-main stream (really, let't be honest, it ain't for everyone to use
  a production machine that has 'sorcery, casting, etc' for commmands)
- open (minded | source | fill-in-the-blank)

(Note that source-based is not listed... )

These are for me the reasons and culture differences that keep me
working with the group that has made Source Mage possible. Whether it
went smoothly, roughly, with ease or with verbal violence, it was allot
of fun for me to develop, lead and use.

Hope this helps?

erics
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Eric D. Schabell M.Sc. - Developer - http://www.sourcemage.org
irc: irc.freenode.net (#sourcemage), nick -> erics

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