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<h1>A pint of Guiness</h1>
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<li><em>To</em>: LDP <<A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org">ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: A pint of Guiness</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Gary Preckshot <<A HREF="mailto:garrell@inreach.com">garrell@inreach.com</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Tue, 02 May 2000 22:48:54 -0700</li>
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<pre>I will bet a pint of Guiness if we state a requirement for
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SGML/DocBook, less than 5% of new contributors will complain over
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the
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first year, and in two years, no one will think twice about it.</pre>
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<p><br>This is serious. A pint of Guiness makes this more than a theoretical
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discussion. The problem with your proposed bet is that the people who get
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turned off won't complain, they'll just go away. You won't find out anything
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unless you have two avenues for contributors and don't bias either of them
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by making one or the other purposely harder or less attractive. Then you'll
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be able to tell by the way people choose. They'll vote with their feet.
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<p>Gary
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<li><strong><a name="02207" href="msg02207.html">Re: A pint of Guiness</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Joshua Drake <poet@linuxports.com></li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="02217" href="msg02217.html">Documentation Writers and SGML</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Francois-Rene Rideau <fare@tunes.org></li></ul></li>
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