On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 03:18:54PM -0700, stan wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2007 17:16:34 -0400 > "G.Wolfe Woodbury" <ggw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'd like to disagree with Rahul's harsh tone here. <snip> > >From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. :-) > I wouldn't call your contribution minimal, comrade. :-^ Thank you. > > The harshness of Rahul's tone is much too common in the Fedora > > community, and is part of the "failing" we face and need to correct. > > IMHO of course. > > > > If anyone's skin is so thin that they are hurt by Rahul's > comment, they shouldn't be out in public. :-) I haven't been called "thin-skinned" for a long, long time. > But Rahul needs to go to reeducation camp, obviously, in order to > confess his shortcomings and correct his attitude. :-) No, he doesn't. But that being said, I do think the bluntness of his commentary, and the commentary of some others in the F/OSS community (where there is little tolerance for "political correctness") is *perceived* to be harsh and unfriendly. When I go to hold the hands of users and friends as they approach the "high-tech" stuff they ask me to help them with, I try hard to understand and empathise with their uncertainties and fears. This goes a long way to helping them and F/OSS get along together. When I say that I'm testing F7 in some locales (even here in RedHat's backyard) I get conversations about how Fedora is "too unfriendly" for "them" to use. I've had quite a few conversations over this perception and have, hopefully, eased a bit of the FUD that clouds Fedora and F/OSS in general. The recent patent threats from Redmond, WA are no help either. -- Wolfe
