Sorry, forgot to post to list. On 3 August 2011 10:26, Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:01 PM, James Morris wrote: > >> Developers should develop software, end of. > > In an imaginary perfect world where there is no pain and death :) > >> A lot of free software is developed on a voluntary basis, because the >> developer wants to, not because they're paid. > > Exactly. There is no rule that works for everyone. > >> You have no right to tell these developers it is their job to go chasing >> government contracts. > > I think you got it entirely wrong. I was appealing to people who want > to make a change. Does "That means quitting the dangerous `I'm just a programmer' attitude" really sound like an appeal to people in general to you? Is it not surprising I instead interpreted it as a dig directed at developers, insinuating them to be insular and stubborn? (Which some of them probably are, but that's not surprising considering the existence of bloggers). > I'm all for getting all sorts of professionals involved, but here and > now if we want to get anything done and we can't find people who are > better at design, usability and marketing than us, then we can either > keep moaning or bloody well study the stuff the best we can. Fine, just don't take digs at developers who would rather develop software. Believe it or not, many developers > > Do you think usability architects focus on just usability? No, they > study every-fucking-thing that is even remotely related to human > beings and the world around us: art, architecture. physics etc. Well let's all hail the new saviours! My, how big their brains must be! >> Such activities are much better suited to people with big strong forceful >> opinionated personalities such as yourself. > > Me? No, I'm as humble as a lamb :) So you don't want to help developers by chasing government contracts for them? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
