Hey Jeff,
I can agree with all you say but I don't understand why you throw this on my direction. I have been defending the existence of competing projects since the Tomcat 3.3 versus Tomcat 4 wars until my most recent posts at the commons-dev list. Maybe you do not follow the same lists I do. Maybe not for long enough. If you read Jon's postings along this thread, you will also be better informed about whom has a thin skin problem. Have fun, Paulo Gaspar > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Schnitzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 11:59 AM > To: Jakarta General List > Subject: RE: You guys are so funny. > > > > From: Paulo Gaspar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Of course that from the way Jon talks about me you can tell that > > I do not always agree with him - Jon seems to only be friendly > > to those that agree with him. > > For the record, I've even committed the cardinal sin of creating a MVC > webapp framework which is not Turbine (http://mav.sourceforge.net), and > Jon is still pretty friendly to me :-) > > > You guys all need to lighten up. It's not like this is a workplace > where everyone is competing for promotions or something. How this > social game plays out isn't going to affect your paycheck or the people > who hang out with you or whether or not you're going to get laid this > weekend. > > A fair amount of banter is healthy in any community. Poking fun at each > other, lighthearted insults, competition, and yes conflict are a > standard part of any sitcom production. Sure, there's a time for "we > all love each other" mushy-type stuff but if it was like that all the > time it would get boring really damn fast. It is my observation that > Apache works because of thick skins, not because of peace, love, and > happiness vibes. > > There's nothing wrong with a limited number of competing projects under > one roof. It's probably even a good idea. It's not like Maven and > Centipede are competing implementations of the same API - this is pretty > much a research field, and it's impossible to categorically predict at > this point whether it is better to extend or generate the Gump > descriptors, or to use XSLT or DVSL, etc. Until the science becomes > engineering, this mad driving need (among some) to "merge merge merge" > is a pathology. > > Let it be. Use the software you like. Write the software you like. > Berate people over the truly important things, like choice of text > editor :-) > > Jeff Schnitzer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ed is the *standard* text editor -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
