Re: Proposal: DNS change irc.gnome.org becomes A record and irc.gimpnet.org starts getting phased out.

2013-05-11 Thread Benjamin Otte
Liam R E Quin liam at holoweb.net writes: would you prefer to join a community where you're made fun of on a routine basis, mocked, ridiculed, made to feel like shit, because you were born with one leg shorter than the other? If you looked like a small, physically deformed (usually

Re: Boston Summit 2013?

2013-04-29 Thread Benjamin Otte
Sriram Ramkrishna sri at ramkrishna.me writes: I agree that is a point worth considering.  Portland is a second tier city and sometimes takes a extra hop because there are not a lot direct flights especially from Europe. That's a nice way to say Only Amsterdam offers a direct flight. Which

Re: Looking for community managers or enthusiasts!

2012-11-15 Thread Benjamin Otte
Sriram Ramkrishna sri at ramkrishna.me writes: There was nothing more damaging than Company's post which is still quoted even today.  Benjamin even today said that nobody refuted his staring at the Abyss post.  So his Benjamin's post true?  Because people are still talking about it and

Re: GNOME now

2012-11-15 Thread Benjamin Otte
Peteris Krisjanis pecisk at gmail.com writes: I think we are in same business as Apple - we are trying to offer unified user experience. Difference between us and Apple though is that (in my opinion) most of us strongly believe that openness/freedom and consistent user experience (trough user

Re: What do you think of the foundation?

2009-06-01 Thread Benjamin Otte
Stormy Peters stormy.peters at gmail.com writes: I too have found the GNOME community to be extremely welcoming. I got met at my first GUADEC in 2001 with You're a girl! from a very excited woman manning the registration desk.But I can't ignore the fact that people are leaving our