on 3/23/06 9:36 AM, Mike Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > also... (and this is a devil's argument) if they genuinely want to > help foster growth in RB, adding to the constant low hum of 'RB is > horrible!' that permeates this list can't be in their best interest. > I have two friends who looked into RB but never really tried it > because they thought the consensus was it's a poorly supported, > buggy, immature language.
Hi-- Sorry to put my two cents in, but I think one of the reasons, sadly, many people don't use RB is *not* because of what they've heard about the IDE, but because of the reaction of some very experienced people -- the "sages", if you will, of RB -- who should be expected to be objective, and offer sound, expert advise when a problem arises, but instead react with anger and defensiveness when the product is criticized in virtually any way, or worse, ignore the folks making the criticism as if they're too stupid or annoying to know what they're talking about. It is exactly the newbies who will find this first -- and they're the ones who tell others about their experience. This, IMHO, is how RB's "bad" reputation, if it has one, is spread. A community of people who love and support a particular product should listen to criticism with openness and interest. If they don't, that necessarily raises questions about the quality of that product. If people who really know get defensive when flaws are brought to light, that makes people think there must be something wrong, as perhaps the criticisms have been heard so often, that it's defenders are sick of responding to things they can do nothing about. That is far more damning than the simple truth. All My Best, Jeffrey _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
