On Tue, 15 May 2007 19:01:33 -0400 "G.Wolfe Woodbury" <ggw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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: > <snip> > > > > 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. > I wasn't thinking you were thin skinned. You were being thin skinned for others. A noble trait. (That isn't sarcasm) <snip> > 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. > I suspect Windows Vista isn't meeting their marketing projections, so they are trying to nudge the market. Of course, they could compete on product excellence but they have been a monopoly for so long they have forgotten how. The fire is gone from Microsoft, it's stodgy now.
