At 14:58 4/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: Ol� Dom,
>1) I create this software for myself. The fact other people use it is >secondary to my interests. My motivations are my own. So, why do you release in the web? A singer, a poet, a painter and a programmer, well every creator don't do a work for his own. We do our works for the world!! > > Why do you think "smart programs usually end up being dumb and annoying" ? > > Why such fear?? Why??? >Feel free to send us a patch. I have no interest in doing this. You know I am not a software manager, an engineer, a designer and documentation writer. So, I do not know how to write a patch. You do not need to be ironic, by the way "be ironic" is an art!! >There's a difference, as is shown by people's opinions on the mailing >list so far - not one person has agreed with you. How many people are in the list? How many people, that are only users, really write to the list??? I do not understand nothing at all about codes, scripts and so on, I do not have a good english, but I have no fear of say what I'm thinking. In Brasil, we learning to do things in this way. We spent and fight a long time to live in a democratic country! >I'm the only developer who has disagreed with you. Alan and Francis are not developers? >Please,think about that. I did. And I do not understand why a simple request turns almost in a tempest. (What I really want to say was: por que uma quest�o t�o simples ofende a tantos egos, tornando-se uma tempestade. - but I do not know how to say it in english. If someone understand portuguese, please translate it) >Sorry You don't need to be sorry, I understand your point of view, I disagree but I respect it. You just need to respect me! Francisco Born�o
