Hi Manfred maybe you are right, I just noticed a huge difference in tone maybe caused by the lack of following the development. Not that I found anything offensive per se either, no insults etc... but I think the aggressiveness generally has become way worse. This often happens when people are overworked.
Hence dropping the brainfood for everyone :-) Manfred Geiler schrieb: > Werner, > Glad to have you back and thanks for the "food". > Are you sure that you do not overstate this a little bit? > I followed many of the discussions and I did not find anything that > would frighten me. Yes, some things had happended that where not > correct. Vigilant community members commented on those mistakes (and > flaws). But I found no flames, no bashing, no offense. Just serious > discussions that happen on mailing lists from time to time. > I hope everyone is professional enough to bear controversial mails > that do not start with the words "I apologize that I must say..." or > do not end with "Just my 2 cents. Please do not hate me because of > what I just said". (Sorry for sarkasm) > Written language often sounds more rude than it was ment to be. That's > nothing new. You mentioned the problem that many of us are stressed by > their day jobs. This is another reason why emails are often short with > lack of phrases of politeness. > > Werner, don't get me wrong. I'm absolutely +1 to keep a climate where > everybody is happy to help out. But in the current case I think nobody > had a reason to be offended. Please object if I am wrong. > > Just my 2 cents. Please do not hate me because of what I just said. > :-) > > Manfred > >
