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On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:19 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> This is open source etiquette. It differs from business etiquette</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> where you are more than welcoem to berate and yell and holler about</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> things because you're paying someone a lot of money.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> the etiquette is rudeness to promote open source? is this what you are saying?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">No, the etiquette is that you need to approach developer and volunteers</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">as just that -- people who are doing this in their spare time. Do not</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">be demanding, go the extra mile yourself ahead of time to seek answers</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">on your own, and give these folks the benefit of the doubt if they</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">don't act like support staff at RH; it isn't their job.</FONT>
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i have a little familiarity with open source, perhaps more than noted, and i what i am seeing here is centos saying that since we're not paid, we dont care. i think there are many projects that would not want this image. sounds like failure to me. hence, i am not so sure this is anything to be proud of. anyway, time to move on.
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">This part is on you, and is the only part you can control directly. I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">know from experience that more often than not you'll get much more</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">helpful and open responses back if you use the above approach.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">HTH</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Ray</FONT>
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