On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 09:35:18PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 23:18 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Craig White wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 20:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > >> On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 22:33 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > >>> Hi all; > > >>> > > >>> One of my grandchildren just sent me a .wmv file. > > >>> > > >>> Do we have a plugin for mplayer to handle that? > > >> ---- > > >> w32codec - get it from axel's repository > > > ---- > > > I forgot...if you do install this, you would then qualify as a > > > 'sanctimonious twit' per Joanne...but I digress... > > > > Chuckle, yes I've been watching this with some amusement. I take it the > > majority of the responders to that thread have no idea who Joanne is. > > > > Some of the younger ones should have a little more respect for those who > > have been there, and done that, and she has. She has, back in history, > > paid her dues, including to open source. I'm a late comer in that I've > > only known her for about 15 years. She teaches with a ruler for > > rapping knuckles always within reach, but she can both teach, and write > > code, good code. > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-June/msg02196.html > > > > ---- > given her disdain for open source code...we would never have a chance to > see her code and judge whether it is any good or not. She has made it > clear that she doesn't intend to contribute to the code base that would > benefit those on the list...at least without filling her belly. > > given her arrogance where she said that she was more honest than most on > this list or simply passes judgments upon us as noted above, one has to > question she deserves any more respect than she demonstrates for others. I've known Joanne for a lot more than 15 years, and I respect her even, no, especially, when I disagree with her. And I don't have to see a line of her code to do so. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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