christopher diggins wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel de Guzman" <joel@boost-consulting.com>
David Abrahams wrote:
One disadvantage of posting a preliminary tally is that it encourages people to try to influence public opinion. I just typed and erased something that hints at my preferences about three times. Make that four. Better press send now before I do something unethical.
I was afraid about this happening. I hinted on progressively posting the results in my preliminary heads-up message to the boost moderators list and no-one objected, so I thought I'd give transparency more weight. Perhaps I'm wrong. If you guys think that a continuous tally is not a good idea, I'm all ears.
People who have not yet voted are now more likely vote for the currently posted top candidates. I for one would have voted differently now than before, please remove the list.
I was hoping Boost folks are more inteligent than that! Be reminded that boost has always been holding public library reviews and taking in votes, for or against the acceptance of a library, all publicly and progresively in the duration of the review. Yes, there's a disadvantage in that approach. However, I tend to believe and trust that people in boost are intelligent enough not to be swayed by what's popular. If we weren't, we could have all gone Java with all its hype! That said, I respect your opinion and the opinion of others. I'll wait a bit for others. Regards, -- Joel de Guzman http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net