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<li><em>To</em>: Gary Preckshot <<A HREF="mailto:garrell@inreach.com">garrell@inreach.com</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: A pint of Guiness</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Joshua Drake <<A HREF="mailto:poet@linuxports.com">poet@linuxports.com</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Tue, 02 May 2000 23:38:19 -0700</li>
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>> 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.
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First off, you can't just have 1 pint of Guiness that is sacrilage. It
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is at least 2 and less than 4 if you have to work the next day before
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10:00 AM. On a weekend after payday it is a minimum of a 6 pack + 3.
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> 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
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> get turned off won't complain, they'll just go away.
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I don't know about that, we could post that it is a bet and that Guiness
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is at stake :)
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> You won't find out anything unless you have two avenues for
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> contributors and don't bias either of them by making one or the other
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> purposely harder or less attractive. Then you'll be able to tell by
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> the way people choose. They'll vote with their feet.
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> Gary
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start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.
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<li><strong><a name="02209" href="msg02209.html">Re: A pint of Guiness</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@canada.com></li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="02246" href="msg02246.html">Re: A pint of Guiness</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Bruce Richardson <brichardson@lineone.net></li></ul></li>
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