[WikiEN-l] I've Kicked the Process Habit

Wed Sep 20 23:26:24 UTC 2006

On 20/09/06, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
> Is Phil getting smeared now?  I can't say I'm surprised.  To the
> process wonk, process is the most important thing there is, way
> more important than the goals of the project it's supposed to
> support.  Denying or disavowing the sacred process is the most
> cardinal of sins.
>
> I don't deny that Phil's declaration was provocative.  It calls
> to mind Colonel Cathcart's objection to Yossarian's attitude:
> "What if everyone felt that way?"  But Yossarian's retort is
> equally apt: "Then I'd certainly be a fool not to."
>

So if he follows policy he will go insane and be nervous and have to
ignore all rules anyway, and if he says he doesn't want to follow
policy he is no longer sane enough to be an admin, as some are
claiming in this thread.

Yossarian lives...

Peter Ansell