Hay, Karanbir:
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 08:40 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Heya Phil,
Phil Schaffner wrote:
Will come out of my "lurker" closet to chime in agreement with Claire.
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I also don't get paid to develop CentOS, and don't have time to hang out on IRC, but can give a bit back to the community by providing feedback, bug reports, and occasional help on the users list. [Although I find my opinions are sometimes not shared by the developers, hay, that's what community dialog is all about, and I tend to defer to their opinions and avoid pointless debates and flame wars. But I digress...]
you know, I actually appreciate people who make noises when we do stuff that they do and dont agree with. Isnt that what open source is all about ? The ability to bring in lots of eyes on simple issues ? We all gain, all around.
so please dont stop and/or hold back. Flame wars only happen when one side refuses to accept the others point of view.
Don't worry about that - just ask anybody who knows me off-line. I'm not the shrinking violet type. :-) When I decline to reply, it's generally either a "religious" issue (e.g. an emacs vs. vi class of debate) or because I see the point and can't disagree.
I also encourage anyone else to engage in serious dialog.
I think everyone is entitled to an opinion, and besides a flamefest every now and then is also a good thing :)
More fun to read than to participate in IMHO, but they can be entertaining if the content is original and not carried on to the point of tedium.
Regards, Phil