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    Mark Miller wrote:
    > On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:27:52 -0800, Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
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    >>ram mohan wrote:
    >
    >
    >>>4. Can I suggest new features?
    >>
    >>Of course. But part of the Linux culture is that
    >>ideas/suggestions don't carry much weight. It's
    >>sometimes phrased as:
    >> Shut up and code.
    >>or
    >> Show us the code.
    >>so send patches too. :)
    >
    >
    > While this may be true of those on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, I
    > would hope (from your statement of "Linux Culture", this would involve
    > things periphially related to Linux, such as KDE), that ideas and
    > suggestions would actually carry _some_ wait.

    Good or bad, I mostly use the word "Linux" to mean the kernel,
    not the entire collection of system software.

    > Although I can fully understand developers of the Linux Kernel taking
    > this mindset, since it is not dealing with such things as the User
    > Interface.

    Sure, it's up to each open source project to deal with feature
    requests or suggestions in whatever way that the people in
    the project(s) choose.

    > Just something I've had to deal with recently. Don't mind me.


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