On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 01:49:20AM -0600, Kevin Myers wrote: > Out of respect for other developers, I am responding to your further > comments offline. I will not follow this with addtional mail. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Spears" <carol@xxxxxxxx> > To: "GIMPDev" <gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:47 PM > Subject: [Gimp-developer] gimp-developer email > > > > hi, > > > > i dont know who did it; but since TheGIMP is running on a lot of > > different operating systems, the quality of the email being sent to this > > list is pathetic. TheGIMP comes from a long line of GNU/Linux > > developers and even before that -- by people who wanted to share and not > > steal. > > Oh? So you're saying that all of the thousands of other GIMP users who are > using the application without (yet) making any contribution are stealing? > Furthermore, you're saying that I haven't made any contributions? If so, > you are dead wrong. Perhaps you have made more contributions, but then > you've been involved a lot longer than I have, and it's tough to break into > the GIMP developer circle, especially when there is a severe bias against > the operating system that we are *forced* to run under from folks like you. > Finally, as you should darn well know, the GIMP is a very large and complex > application. It is difficult to make major contributions when you can only > participate part time. Yet I have still managed to contribute a few small > pieces, all of which are *not* Windows specific so far. How many others of > the thousands of GIMP users (esp. on Linux) have contributed *anything*??? > I am *extremely* insulted by your totally inaccurate implication that I have > "stolen" the GIMP without making any kind of contribution. > > > Please review the email ettiquette before suggesting that the > > quality of all things GIMP go further downhill for other operating > > systems: > > http://mmmaybe.gimp.org/mail_lists.html > > Perhaps you should read the etiquette yourself, as well as the stated > support intentions for GIMP 2.0 regarding Windows. > > > > > TheGIMP has a decidedly GNU/Linux way about it. call it a bias even. > > get used to it. thanks, > > I respect your position and your opinions as a GIMP contributor. But the > GIMP has many Windows based users and contributors as well. So, get used to > it yourself. I'd appreciate more respect for my contributions as well, > rather than insulting and inflamatory statements, even though *some* of my > suggestions and comments may not benefit *your* operating system of choice. > As discussed previously, Windows is our operating system of *necessity* not > choice, and we have just as much right to use and contribute to the GIMP as > you do. > > > > > carol > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gimp-developer mailing list > > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > > > once again, did you read this whole email? perhaps windows doesnt have a way to actually edit emails properly? carol
