cykod

Whenever I see these/those posts, I think Jeff Atwood described it best: Meta is Murder

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/07/meta-is-murder.html

Davide - looks like you're going miss it, but if you're ever in Boston on a Thursday you should check out http://www.venturecafe.net/ - it's a very friendly and open entrepreneur-centered event every Thusday.

There are hundreds of events every week (most free) if you want to meet people (see http://greenhornconnect.com/ )

This reminds me of the famous Churchill quote: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."

Most of the article is true, but GitHub is also leagues above anything else out there, and certainly leagues above the mailing list with hand-crafted patches by de-demonizing forks and turning projects more into a meritocracy.

There is certainly room for improvement, but I think it's a step in the right direction.