*sigh* On 22.04.2010 12:27, Matthias Pfützner wrote: > Svein, > > You (Svein Skogen) wrote: >> On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: >>> You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not >>> about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about Solaris. Not about Solaris >>> patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even without comment) would >>> be to sow FUD or dissention. >> >> Or to make people aware of a quite disturbing pattern. >> >> Like many here, I have high hopes for OpenSolaris remaining the >> absolutely best alternative out there for many tasks, but the pattern of >> changes Oracle are making is rather disturbing. Especially combined with >> the total lack of communication skills. >> >> <joke alert> >> Given their communication skills, I'd be worried about networking >> software from them... >> </joke alert> >> >>> Quite honestly I'm getting sick of seeing it. >> >> Then forward the worrying upwards in the system you now are part of, and >> let the managers sort things out (usually by escalating it to someone >> who actually have the authority to do something about the actual >> problem: Lack of communications). >> >> Killing the conversation isn't the solution. >> >> //Svein > > We all do understand your point about missing communications. That's, why I > try to "explain" as much, as I can here, on the "WHY"'s. Still, I don't know > the WHY's, so I'm forced to also start thinking about the reasoning behind all > these things. That's as much as you could also do yourself! But, it seems, you > are trying to figure out, if the glass is half empty, and when it will be > empty, whereas I try to explain, why the glass is half full, and when it will > be full. > > As also asked many times, be more patient, start thinking yourself about the > things you see, and do NOT overreact or misinterpret. As there are NO > informations, it's all up to your own interpretation. And that can be done in > many directions... > > This ODF stuff is simply explained (as I did!), and anyone here could have > come to the same conclusions. It's not rocket sience! The main problem seems > to be, that some here are EAGER to kill the Environment, by calling it > dead. Someone yesterday did a very wonderful description of the situation by > comparing it to Tristan and Isolde or Romeo and Juliet. You believe it to be > dead, and are killing yourself instead of believing in its longevity, and > living happily onward...
That explanation would have worked. It really would. Had I not had the misfortune of dealing with Oracle some years ago. Sorry, but you're just not cynical enough, probably due to lack of exposure to Oracle. //Svein -- --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | [email protected] \ / |Solberg Østli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | [email protected] / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | [email protected] ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | [email protected] Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |[email protected] | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE --------+-------------------+------------------------------- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at [email protected] This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ ------------------------------------------------------------
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