Ted Lemon <mellon@isc.org> writes:
> Mixed messages are unavoidable - unless we are all perfect, we will
> inevitably have different takes on how to do things.

Unfortunately, I think it's a fact of life that many "real life"
organizations are not capable of dealing particularly well with mixed
messages.

If you're an organization trying to do something with/for the project,
and you get two widely divergent answers from two alleged
representatives of the project, then what do you do?  Pick one?  (not
necessarily 'safe' -- what if you base something important on the
wrong answer?)  Spend the time to figure out which is right?  (that's
the right answer, but it has an up-front cost.)  Punt?



cgd
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Disclaimer: Not speaking for NetBSD, just expressing my own opinion.