On 11/01/2008, Mark Wielaard <mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Andy, > snip... > > > > Again, sorry for the rant/troll. > > > > > > No problem, but remember that it's a troll, because you're commenting > > > about something you don't know that much about. Read into things a > > > little more and you'd probably have a greater appreciation for things, > > > even if you don't agree with them. > > > > > OK, and feel free to let me know which things you think I don't know > > much about. > > Otherwise, it comes across as a baseless personal attack. > > I don't think they are baseless. > You have your way of doing business (http://jdkfixes.com/) and we have > our way. You are more than welcome to actually join any of the free > software projects (GNU Classpath, OpenJDK, IcedTea, BrandWeg, GCJ, > Kaffe, etc) and really participate in the community and shape its > directions. We even give you the freedom to do it completely like you > want to somewhere else on your own according to your own standards. If > all you want to do is just argue for argues sake and not actually > contribute to the development of the project I kindly ask you to do so > elsewhere. > > Thanks, > > Mark > > I'm not going to further this discussion for the reasons Mark has already outlined; I don't feel it's getting anyone anywhere fast and this is not the appropriate place for such a long pointless debate about such things -- try JavaLobby or Slashdot. I do however feel I should respond to your point about this being a personal attack. It's an interesting insight into your mindset if you would interpret what was a mere statement of fact (you're a proprietary software developer who has not actively participated in a FOSS project before) as such. Thanks -- some of your comments were mildly entertaining for a little while, but I think we're all a little bored now and would prefer to move on. -- Andrew :-) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net
