Hi Russell, I'm just getting in from a long day of work and read your letter. Thank you for the reply. My enthusiasm and appreciation for all things Linux audio is not going to change at all. Well, I don't want to talk about my position right now. I'm sorry to hear about the car accident. I hope you and your family are OK given the circumstances. I know there isn't anything I can say to comfort you except that I always read your posts on this list and appreciate your contribution. ron --- Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > R Parker wrote: > > >Hi Paul, > > > >Before I say anything depressing and express my > >frustration, please take to heart how much I > >appreciate what you're doing. Ardour is an > incredible > >accomplishment and I view it as an enourmous act of > >generosity. > > > >I know you're trying to release 1.0 and start the > >GKT2.0 port at the new year. I have had enough > serious > >problems with Ardour that I don't see how that's > >possible. Maybe my perspective is very narrow and I > >can't see beyound the issues that I run into. It's > >just that I keep running into problems that are > >intolerable to most guys like me (pro engineers). > > > >I have to share a personal frustration with you > that > >affects my attitude for trying to help with Ardour. > > > >Because I am not a developer nobody will ever know > >that I have made a contribution. I feel > insignificant, > >overlooked or unappreciated. How can I say that > when > >everytime an issue arises you're there to help. > > > >If a developer contributes a couple bug fixes, that > >person recieves recognition by being listed in the > >developers section of the About dialog. Yet their > >effort seems miniscule when compared to mine. The > way > >I read this is if you're not a developer, then in > the > >Ardour world you're nobody. I don't know if there's > >any other way to interpret this. From my > perspective, > >it seems accurate. Ultimately the result is a loss > of > >motivation. > > > >I'm glad Doug, aka Nostar, is around these days > >because Ardour needs someone to discover, report > and > >request fixes. > > > >Maybe your reaction to this letter is "go blow > >yourself." Given what I imagine to be your own > >frustrations, I sure wouldn't blame you for > responding > >that way. > > > >There's a couple more things I want to say to > express > >my appreciation but I have to start my day. > > > >ron > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >All your favorites on one personal page ? Try My > Yahoo! > >http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > Not to make light of this...clearly you have > issue(s)... > > If Paul's response was indeed "go blow yourself", I > for one would think > the execution of that act alone would warrant > noteworthy mention! And > photographs??? :) Apart from that I will not speak > for an individual > whom is totally capable of responding himself... > > I also saw your name mentioned on the Ardour.org > contributors page in a > very favorable light; I'm not a pro audio engineer > for revenue purposes > but I do let folks know when I think somethings > broke! And MY name is > not mentioned anywhere?? Is the magnitude of > importance of a > "Professional engineer" in this development stage of > Ardour THAT much > more important than say ...just us little people > that use it in live > performance settings for example? And additonally, I > had not a clue who > you where or what you did. In my mind, that mention > put you on my > map...for whatever thats worth. ( I may get a > Million dollar grant one > day and ask you to spend it all on recording with > Ardour....you don't > ever know) > > I have always considered your comments and > contributions here worthwhile > and credible and your demeanor appears professional > at the least...this, > and forgive me if I misunderstand...I have just > dealt with a major > vehicle accident in the family and been up all > night...seems to detract > from that status...it is not my intent to judge. > > Again, I am reminded of the awesome differences in > Open source vs > others. Here, because no ones getting paid, there is > no "you owe me pay > up son bitch" teeth to any circumstance so > participants must deal > diplomatically....sort of the United Nations of > software if you will. :) > Now it has been said the United Nations is next to > useless...toothless, > whatever. I don't think so. Why?? Because EVERYONES > opinion should be > considered important at some level so long as it's > relevant to the topic > at hand. > > Just food for thought. I'm going to bed!!! > > Sincerely, > > R~ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
