BTW, this is my last post about RT. I feel like I'm morphing into someone who can't help posting tittle tattle.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Who is Robert Thompson? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nathanpdaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:29 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] Who is Robert Thompson? > > >> Since he seems to be in EVERY thread... and why should we (not) listen >> to what he has to say? Just curious... > > I have no idea who he is. He says some sensible things, he has some > controversial views and he seems to have a mission to push his view of the > world onto the flexcoders community at every opportunity. > > I don't have a problem with anyone putting forward a viewpoint or > mentioning > some flex related development, but it gets tedious when it's done post > after > post. A lot of what Robert has said has been mentioned here before so it's > not some great insight that we're seeing on some new feature of flex > development or software business practices. > > Robert clearly has a view of the world that is all his own. It's OK to put > that forward once, but in post after post aspects of that view are pushed > forward. I feel like I'm reading propoganda broadcasts. I don't have an > issue with the technologies that Robert champions - many developers here > (including me) have used papervision, dabbled with lazlo or have used FDT > and many developers here have talked about their use in conjunction with > Flex. I have no problem with devlopers that use other technologies - many > of > us use multiple technologies as a matter of course. > > Robert is unhappy with some of Adobe's business practices and has declared > his intention to look elesewhere away from flex towards other > technologies. > That's his prerogative, but I don't feel he should use absolutely every > opportunity to push his alternative technologies as though he has a > mission > to move us from the evil flex into the light. > > I just don't like having one persons views pushed at me post after post. > This list is about flex, but lately it's mostly about the world according > to > RT. > > Don't get me wrong. RT is entitled to have his views, but I shouldn't have > to keep reading about them all of the time. > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > >
