Larry, I will candidly admit I don't see you as having any standing in this regard. The open source community is not the same as a paid company. Nobody can really "demand" anything of anyone, as you are. You can say you're just reporting, and so far as I can tell, your initial mail was a report. But you've moved from outlining a problem to more or less demanding that someone other than yourself fix the problem for you. I see nothing "elitist" or even "bullshit" about Sigrid's mails. They are stating an entirely reasonable fact-- they do not own Mac computers, and won't be able to help with documentation in that regard.
You, on the other hand, do own a Mac computer, and presumably you're also familiar with how to use one considering you more or less cited Apple's HIG for programs. I see nothing unreasonable about asking you to step up and help with documentation, seeing as you are the only one so far who owns a Mac computer. Do you expect them to borrow a Mac computer and be able to honestly present documentation based on that experience? All that being said, I do own a 7th generation Macbook Pro, and would be willing to help provide screenshots and/or documentation. It is not my primary machine, but I've used it for long enough that I feel I could provide information necessary. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Sigrid Carrera < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:21:01 -0600 > Larry Gusaas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2011/07/06 12:52 PM Sigrid Carrera wrote: > > > How is describing how the situation for the volunteers is, telling you > "to fix the problem yourself"? I am happy to fix it for you. Just buy me a > Mac (any will do) and I add the Mac specific content to the documentation. > But I myself can't afford to buy a Mac. > > Do you know how many times I have seen responses to a problem telling the > poster to contribute > > a solution themselves or pay someone to do so? You response falls into > the same condescending > > category, especially your remark about buying you a Mac. > > > > What a bunch of elitist bullshit. > > It's not elitist bullshit. I can't afford one - I am unemployed and get no > money from the government because I studied the last five years instead of > working and earning money. So I have to see how I manage to live. You don't > have to buy me anything. > > If you don't like it here, no one forces you to stay. Just go over to > Apache OOo and see if the grass is there greener than here. Or stay here, > but don't complain. I'm happy either way. > > Sigrid > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Christopher Lee Executive Director Champion Debate Camp Co-Captain Thomas Jefferson Policy Debate Team --The Gunboat Debater-- -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
