No, I think you are probably just unable or unwilling to allow people to vent. You probably don't do it personally very often and despise people who do.
Steve Jobs was that way, and his employees are better off now that he's dead. They admired his work, but hated him personally. He'd rather run over a person with his car than show empathy towards another human being. He was a great technician, but a terrible human being. He believed that the only "correct" response was the one he gave, and he always reserved the right to answer questions the way he saw fit, whether it was destroying another human being or not. Too bad he never grew up to see more important issues in life, as has Bill Gates, who now spends a lot of time and money trying to make the world a better place and enable the people in it to live a better life. One can be a technician and a counselor at the same time; it just takes more maturity than most people can develop in a lifetime. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 1:06 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Adobe drops Flsh for mobile devices > True, but I see almost no empathy when people are expressing broader issue concerns rather than > issues of a technical nature. Therein lies the clue to the correct response. You want empathy? Go to a shrink or talk to your bartender. On a free mailing list, the "correct" response is the one you get, not the one you want. And these "broader issue concerns" typically don't have any positive resolution, have been brought up countless times, etc, etc. Saying "CF is dying" on a CF technical list isn't really an appropriate statement for the list. And of course, it always turns out that CF is dying because you don't like what Adobe is doing with it, which is beyond the control of everyone on the list - whether you agree with it or not. You know, I think it would actually be OK if someone asked how to help CF, but that's never what these "concerns" are about. It's all about your dislike for Adobe's marketing plan, or pricing, or whatever. Well, this is not the place for that. > Sometimes the technician, sometimes the counselor. No one pays me to be a counselor. On here, no one pays me to be a technician either, so I reserve the right to answer questions as I see fit. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348679 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
