Friday, January 29, 2010

The importance of peer reviews

One of the foundations of the GNU Public Dictatorship is that a Board of Dictators is much better for everyone than a single dictator. This same principle is what keeps open source software afloat, as even when one individual may not see a problem his or her peers will most likely see it. Some of our supporters have been suggesting that perhaps we are taking too much time getting our dictatorship launched, but we would like to remind them that haste can often cause us to make serious mistakes, as was the case in this incident. If the undertaker hadn't undertaken to review the declaration of death from the attending physician, the victim would not be alive today. At the GNU Public Dictatorship we are nothing if not pleased with the progress toward ruling the world that we have made so far, but we are always striving for more!

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