Re: now online: video recording of Louigi Verona at Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne in November 2015

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On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 06:55:18PM +0100, Louigi Verona wrote:
> Thanks for your feedback, Fons.
> 
> I actually approached it differently. To me the important thing was not to
> "quote Fons", but to quote something that I observed as a common sentiment.
> Next time I will rephrase it, I have no intention to quote you specifically.
 
But you did, presenting my words in way that made them look hilarious and
you audience ask 'who wrote *that* ?!".

> You mention that the first part (I assume the first sentence in the
> paragraph) is part of the wider discussion. I have read that discussion
> and actually have participated in it. 

You and I know the context, and hence how to understand what I wrote.
Your audience doesn't.

> You then mention that 'the right ones' is in single quotes. Can you
> expand on what those quotes mean?

They suggest strongly that I think that something like 'the right ideas'
may not even exist. That there may be different and incompatible ways of
doing things, and that consequently a developer and users may disagree
without either of them being right or wrong.

Ciao,

-- 
FA

A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)

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