On Friday 20 November 2009 00:17:03 Duncan wrote: > Rick Miles posted on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:42:51 +1100 as excerpted: > > Maybe you don't have any problem with people who have been around the > > longest and are set in their ways either but I wouldn't be surprised if > > there were not others besides RW and myself who found several of your > > comments a bit gratuitous. > > FWIW, if there's any single person the comments could have been targeted > at, it's probably me, as I've been probably the most vocal of the "old > timers". But I took no offense. In some ways, he's correct (there > /were/ pretty fundamental changes). In others, I may not agree (a person > set in their ways isn't the type that's constantly out there trying beta > or even live sources software, and thus able to state with some > experience that such is what kde feels like at this point), but I can see > how it could seem so from his viewpoint (which would therefore make his > comments not "gratuitous", by definition), and everyone's entitled to an > opinion, which they can certainly make known, as I do my own. So no > offense taken. He's simply speaking his mind as I have. > > OTOH, the same could be said about both of you, now, simply being honest > about being a bit taken aback. And round and round the logic goes... =:^) > > But anyway, just a post to say I didn't find it a big deal here, even if > it was arguably aimed at me (not sayin' it was, just that it could appear > that way, so if anyone's going to take offense, by rights, it should be > me, and if I'm not...). > Thank you for the level-headed reply, Duncan. For some reason, people who have problems with KDE4 object to others saying that they don't. It's unproductive. As you say, we all have a right to an opinion - and if our experiences vary, is that surprising? Please, everyone, do stop writing things that sound like personal attacks. One person has a problem, another doesn't. Let's attack the problem, not the person. Anne -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
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