On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Adrian Midgley wrote: ... > > to MedPlexus et al after David Kibbe. If they are "pragmatic", they > > would have at least looked into some of the free software projects and > > made a public statement of why existing projects do not fit their needs, > > if that's their conclusion. > > I'm less sure. Sometimes people don't like to blast the hopes or > reputation of others who are attempting a task, although they do not > choose to join in with it as of yet.
Adrian, This "reticence" is falsehood and breeds stagnation. Those who condone it are at best intentionally ignorant. Seeing ill and standing silent is contrary to most moral traditions. > Such politeness and reticence can be carried to excess, but is rarely > complained of. All I can say is that you must have been hanging around a real bad crowd. In free sofware circles, we don't keep silent when we see mistakes made. Furthermore, when we are wrong, we appreciate someone pointing it out to us. Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org
