[gutvol-d] Re: The conundrum of FOSS projects (was Re: do not listen, pray)

I addressed Jim's issue here solely because gutvol-d is where he raised it.

I also raised the issue on two DP forums which were discussing the issue, where my points have been discussed, with less heat generated perhaps, but also generating less light, and certainly no less action. Sorry to find these issues are still so controversial in NFPs -- these issues were controversial in industry when Deming first applied them to Japan quality issues in the 1950s, and again in US industries in the 1980s -- nowadays these principles are almost universally applied: JIT means no investment locked up unused, and no place for a LACK of quality to hide. JIT also keeps people busy rather than idled.