On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 22:48:20 PM -0800, Paul Lesniewski (paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > Actually, I *did* understand it and acknowledge it, _and_ then I > > said it was no excuse. No need to insist on this. > > I insist because although it might not be an excuse, it IS a factor > that should be given consideration instead of just writing off such > situations as evidence that that person, and worse, all FOSS > developers, are assholes and nothing more. That kind of black and > white thinking helps no one. Paul, I could only took a really quick glance to this answers of yours because I have to leave for the office right now. >From what I have read, I believe that we are much closer than it may seem. Here (also to not overload the list) I will only say that: * sure, black and white thinking helps no one, and I am perfectly aware of this * but black and white thinking *is* exactly what all the rest of the world does, especially when these one-in-a-thousand episode happen in public For the last time: what I am saying is that these situations *ARE* taken as evidence by ALL NON GEEKS, not me, that "all FOSS developers are a**". Right or wrong, this is what actually happens... * and it is very dangerous, IMO, if FOSS activists underestimate the gravity of this, because FOSS is needed for a better society I will try to answer in detail to your message tonight, but I'd really, prefer doing it privately. I really appreciate that you care so much, but we are seriously starting to overload the list, aren't we? Later, Marco -- The right way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software: http://digifreedom.net/node/73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
