DB design document

[David Merrill]

On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 12:29:54PM -0500, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> I imagine in an open-source context, management details are even more
> difficult to achieve, since there is no enlightened CEO who can decree
> that the decisions of the principal architect are law. It seems to have
> worked with the Linux kernel, where L.T. had the principal architect
> role, perhaps by acclamation, rather than executive fiat.

Yes, and you can see that most of the best projects have an individual
who is responsible for and has acknowledged authority over each module
of the package. There is no CEO to decree it, though, you have to earn
the respect of your coworkers, and your authority is directly related
to the respect you have earned.

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