GNOME Foundation Elections Results Are In 158
PaaChhaa writes "The GNOME Foundation membership and elections committee has announced the preliminary results of this year's elections for the board of directors. There are a few new faces this year, and Miguel de Icaza, whose candidacy was rejected last year due to late submission, is back. The run up to this year's election saw a threat of boycott, which ultimately resulted in the online publication of the foundation's financial records. Also, a heated discussion followed the posting of the list of ten questions, and the opinions of the candidates and other foundation members on these issues can be found in the foundation-list archives for the months of November and December. A notable exclusion from this year's board is GNOME's release manager Jeff Waugh. who didn't run at all."
Unexpected results (Score:4, Funny)
We told them not to use those Diebold Machines. You'd think Gnome would read Slashdot or something.
Executive Summary (Score:2, Funny)
In Netcraft, KDE is dying. (Confirmed).
In Korea, only old people elect gnomes.
In Japan, talking robot gnomes are elected.
In Soviet Russia, gnome elects YOU!
Any questions?
chuckle (Score:4, Funny)
I think it is safe to say I am closer to legally blind than anyone on
the board, or running for it. That's unique, right?
My question for Slashdot customer service: Can I find this mildly funny, or does that make me some sort of Gnome Foundation fanboy...
Voting irregularities (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Elections? (Score:3, Funny)
And the one who doesn't contribute anything, whines the most, and is generally the most clueless can be selected as chief legal council!
Yes, I have a thing against lawyers...
Re:Unexpected results (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Elections? (Score:1, Funny)
In related news... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Voting irregularities (Score:2, Funny)
Look at the eerie similarities:
# inexplicable, irrational, vitriolic loathing of each other
# the end user can't really tell any difference between them
Yup, sounds like two dominant political parties to me. All we need now is a winner-takes-all voting system and game theory ensures they'll be entrenched forever.
Re:slashdot is... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sun Exclusion -- Java vs .Net? (Score:2, Funny)
Troll...?
Oh heck yes. trolls definitely avoid the Sun. In Tolkien's stories, the sun would turn trolls (except Olog-hai) into stone.
Re:Voting irregularities (Score:2, Funny)
Are you kidding?
It's possible to distinguish Gnome and KDE quite easily by looking at the tips that appear when you first start them up.
KDE: "Did you know? Right-click on any file and select CERVISIA to frobnicate the CVS flibdijibble flooble blargh foo."
Gnome: "Did you know? Eating solid food is almost as easy as sucking Mommy's milk!"