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> Brion Vibber to leave WMF, ... yeah, it's official.
Alison
post Mon 28th September 2009, 8:18pm
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It looks like Brion is moving on to another company, soon. He's announced it on his blog amongst other places. While I wish him well - he's one of the good guys smile.gif - I have to wonder what this is going to do for Flagged Revisions and some of the other important software updates. Knowing geeks as I do, he'll probably still work voluntarily on the sidelines - I know I would.

Anyways - I guess Jimmy's going to be hiring programmers and CTOs again soon fear.gif
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post Mon 28th September 2009, 8:21pm
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QUOTE(Alison @ Mon 28th September 2009, 3:18pm) *
It looks like Brion is moving on to another company, soon. He's announced it on his blog amongst other places. While I wish him well - he's one of the good guys smile.gif - I have to wonder what this is going to do for Flagged Revisions and some of the other important software updates. Knowing geeks as I do, he'll probably still work voluntarily on the sidelines - I know I would.
It will, no doubt, be used as yet another excuse to delay flagged revisions. There seems to be no end of reasons for not implementing them.
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post Mon 28th September 2009, 10:46pm
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I doubt that Brion's departure will make much difference, or that it was triggered by the ongoing flagged revisions fiasco.
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Alison   Brion Vibber to leave WMF   Mon 28th September 2009, 8:18pm
Malleus   I doubt that Brion's departure will make much ...   Mon 28th September 2009, 10:46pm
Kelly Martin   I doubt that Brion's departure will make much...   Mon 28th September 2009, 10:52pm
MBisanz   I doubt that Brion's departure will make much...   Mon 28th September 2009, 10:53pm
dogbiscuit   (undocumented extension, TS apps, external apps,...   Mon 28th September 2009, 11:04pm
Malleus   (undocumented extension, TS apps, external apps...   Tue 29th September 2009, 9:59am
anthony   Writing PhP "programs" doesn't seem...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:04pm
dogbiscuit   Writing PhP "programs" doesn't see...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:31pm
anthony   Without outstandingly talented programmers, how ...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:42pm
dogbiscuit   That's an interesting position. Having alway...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:57pm
Kelly Martin   I'm too scarred from impossible to follow C++ ...   Tue 29th September 2009, 4:04pm
anthony   [quote name='anthony' post='196699' date='Tue 29t...   Tue 29th September 2009, 4:06pm
Friday   That's an interesting position. Having alwa...   Tue 29th September 2009, 4:21pm
anthony   Yeah, there are a few niches where "clever...   Tue 29th September 2009, 4:41pm
Somey   So I'm sticking with my original response. Ye...   Tue 29th September 2009, 5:05pm
anthony   So will they hire an actual CTO to replace him? ...   Tue 29th September 2009, 5:40pm
dogbiscuit   Given "dogbiscuit"'s explanation th...   Tue 29th September 2009, 5:11pm
Kelly Martin   So, to get back on topic, in all likelihood Brion ...   Tue 29th September 2009, 5:52pm
anthony   Then again, this is the organization that used th...   Tue 29th September 2009, 5:58pm
Milton Roe   If you're writing code that other people can...   Tue 29th September 2009, 7:16pm
dogbiscuit   coding is one place where you need to right at t...   Tue 29th September 2009, 9:51pm
Kelly Martin   You need outstandingly talented people to have the...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:45pm
anthony   You need outstandingly talented people to have th...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:55pm
Milton Roe   It looks like Brion is moving on to another compa...   Mon 28th September 2009, 10:58pm
Kelly Martin   I think the one thing we can absolutely count on (...   Mon 28th September 2009, 11:17pm
anthony   I think the one thing we can absolutely count on ...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:32am
dogbiscuit   ...and Brion, just to rub it in, after Erik whines...   Tue 29th September 2009, 12:41am
thekohser   ...and Brion[i], just to rub it in, after Erik wh...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:06am
Alison   And I'm an admin. :rolleyes: 02:51, 29 Sep...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:07am
MBisanz   [quote name='dogbiscuit' post='196621' date='Mon ...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:27am
One   Anyways - I guess Jimmy's going to be hiring ...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:24am
CharlotteWebb   As for FlaggedRevs, we'll whip the prototype ...   Tue 29th September 2009, 3:48pm
thekohser   I feel sorry for these us admins who have to learn...   Tue 29th September 2009, 4:01am


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