Exactly Toby, Scott has no business coming here and preaching M$ in the manner he did.
I am not alone on that, Scott just didn't see what he did. I have nothing against Scott personally, I respect him as a developer but not as an evangalist, he has gone about it wrong he just want listen. On 4/28/07, Toby Tremayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew I hate to be so blunt, and I'm genuinely not trying to be nasty > here but I think you're missing the point. It's not just about your little > wars with Scott Barnes - you (and several others) have a habit of regularly > making posts that have absolutely no place on a professional mailing list. > We're not interested in reading those kinds of diatribes, and we're > certainly not interested in seeing people personally abused, ridiculed and > called names. > > > This is a resource for work - it used to be so good it attracted a lot of > overseas posters. Check back through the archives and you'll notice that > the majority of posts now come from the same half a dozen people. We all > interact with the list less because we're sick of reading this garbage - I > for one don't bother to check my cfaussie mail most of the time because I > know it will just tick me off. > > > If nothing else, do the posters of this rubbish not realise that the > people who read this list are their potential employers and > colleagues?? Off topic posts are one thing - all lists have them and they > can be important. But the sort of thing that's been posted here over the > last year or so (and almost constantly in the last few months) is puerile, > needless and a total waste of everyone's time. I don't care whether you > post on watercooler or whatever. I do think it would be nice if you (and > I'm using you as an example, not the source of all evil) could treat this > professional list and the people on it with the respect they deserve. > > > Toby > > On 27/04/2007, at 17:07 , Andrew Scott wrote: > > Let me make this clear.... > > Guilty as charged, it is very easy to attack Scott. He is young in his > position at M$ and it shows how easy he is to please his employer. Which > makes him an easy target, which is his own doing. > > I know Scott has been around long enough to value him as a developer, but > Scott you really need to ease up on pushing M$ the way you do in a CF list. > It's just a natural reaction from me, I am out spoken because I don't suffer > fools lightly. And I don't value someone coming into this list and preach > how good M$ is. Whether they are or not, I always tinker with their products > and look at ways that can benefit my development. > > Like everyone else on this list, and I know there are a lot of people who > agree that you came into this list after joining M$ and you have done > nothing but be pushy. That has shown on more than one occasion, but I will > agree that there is many OT and attacks and yes I am guilty. But it comes in > defense of people just being plain stupid, or pushy or just being naive. > Doesn't make it right either, but hey if you don't like it get out of the > kitchen. > > > Senior Coldfusion Developer > Aegeon Pty. Ltd. > www.aegeon.com.au > Phone: +613 8676 4223 > Mobile: 0404 998 273 > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------- > > > Life is poetry, write it in your own words > > > ----------------------------------- > > > Toby Tremayne > Senior Technical Consultant > Lyricist Software > 0416 048 090 > ICQ: 13107913 > > > > > > -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
