On Monday 19 December 2005 23:22, Hans Fugal wrote: > Nor does it _deserve_ anything else, whether good or evil. It's just > a bunch of bits. Perhaps you'd like to imply that the authors of > noteedit don't deserve to be ignored. This is a much more poignant > point, and it's hard for us developers to accept sometimes, but using > our software is just as voluntary as our creating it. i don't care about the authors of noteedit, and i don't even (want to ever) know who they are. all i care is that NOTEEDIT is ignored. and what makes me angry is that the reason is... ignorance of what noteedit actually does. > When it comes to software and business, the question is never what is > wrong with the user/customer, but what is wrong with the > software/product/service. very much agreed. > Or maybe it's not really ignored at all. I'd like to see proof that > it is being ignored, whatever that means. it *is* ignored. but, hey, if i think better, i realise that any music notation software is ignored (proportionally) just as much. not even finale is as popular as it "should" be. > If you think the > best hope is to court the previous developers with lavish praise or > whatever it would take to make them feel that spending time on > noteedit is worth their time, then by all means go ahead. as i said, i have no idea who they were and i don't care about "creators", but only about their "creation". i hate any type of personality cult, and this certainly includes britney spears, john paul ii, linus torvalds, and (please don't kill me!) even g. bush jr... ;) > So I just wanted to reassure you on two points: there is no > conspiracy to ignore noteedit, and because noteedit is open source it > will continue to be available and perhaps even continue to improve. well, i surely hope you're right, because i *love* NOTEEDIT :) -- and thanks. > Let's each do something proactive for our favorite project(s) and > refrain from blaming others for our (in)actions. why, i was *surely* not blaming! i was just expressing amazement combined with frustration. as i am not a coder, i thought talking about noteedit was the right (proactive) thing i could do. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
