Drizzle is people
Interesting post from Jay Pipes, one of developers working on the Drizzle project:
“To paraphrase the late Charlton Heston: ‘[Drizzle] is people!’
“Recently, I’ve seen the fruit that transparent, open source development bears. This fruit takes the form of engaged, motivated, and humble individuals who wish to make their mark on a project.
“Whether it’s on IRC on #drizzle, the drizzle-discuss mailing list (now with 354 active members), or via the platform which Launchpad.net provides our community, I’ve seen new developers scrambling to pick up blueprint tasks, tackle bugs (minor and major), and stamp their footprint on the code base.
“With each new face comes an entirely new perspective, a new angle, a different set of skills and experience. And I’m taking the time to chat and learn with each of them. It’s a humbling experience for me, as I learn from each person who visits the ever-growing IRC channel and mailing list. It doesn’t matter if it’s the sage advice of folks like MySQL’s Mats Kindahl, Bernt Johnsen and Roy Lyseng, or database veteran Jim Starkey. It doesn’t matter if the new face is a college student wishing to help in any small way they can. Everyone makes a difference in their own way.”
