[Lift] Re: The quality of the Lift list [was: Don't shoot the non-XML messenger ...]

2009-10-15 Thread Oleg G.
I've been recently really surprised (in positive way) by the Lift community. I also have some experience in maintaining a community and its spirit and i absolutely agree with and support David and his ideas and decisions. Would be really nice to keep the spirit! On Oct 14, 10:49 pm, David Pollak

[Lift] Re: The quality of the Lift list [was: Don't shoot the non-XML messenger ...]

2009-10-14 Thread marius d.
Reading the thread in question I was quite surprised about the attitude shown on the list by the person in question. I wholeheartedly agree that the right decision has been made. Br's, Marius On Oct 14, 6:49 pm, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, It is not lightly that

[Lift] Re: The quality of the Lift list [was: Don't shoot the non-XML messenger ...]

2009-10-14 Thread Ross Mellgren
I agree also it was the best course of action, though I feel unhappy that a more friendly solution was not found. You can lead a horse to water, but can't stop it from kicking your teeth out for the favor? The quality of people on the lift list really is quite good -- it's an aspect to be

[Lift] Re: The quality of the Lift list [was: Don't shoot the non-XML messenger ...]

2009-10-14 Thread Randinn
Do not beat yourself up for it, you started a great project and it peeked the interests of some great coders. No matter what you do there are going to be times like this, luckily it's rare, as we have all seen some people cannot work well with others, at the least be abrupt at most insulting. My

[Lift] Re: The quality of the Lift list [was: Don't shoot the non-XML messenger ...]

2009-10-14 Thread Jack Widman
The necessity of this kind of action (the banning) is absolutely no sign of anything having been done wrong. There will ALWAYS be people like that. On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:31 PM, koveen liep...@xs4all.nl wrote: I think that when someone enters a group, expecting to be shot, it is a very

[Lift] Re: The quality of the Lift list [was: Don't shoot the non-XML messenger ...]

2009-10-14 Thread Jack Widman
Not to harp on it but: *When some sycophants of Seaside got, nasty, I did not walk away from Seaside, warts and all. * suggests this person has had this problem elsewhere. On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Jack Widman jack.wid...@gmail.com wrote: The necessity of this kind of action (the

[Lift] Re: The quality of the Lift list [was: Don't shoot the non-XML messenger ...]

2009-10-14 Thread Jack Widman
fyi http://developers.curl.com/people/rshiplett On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Jack Widman jack.wid...@gmail.com wrote: Not to harp on it but: *When some sycophants of Seaside got, nasty, I did not walk away from Seaside, warts and all. * suggests this person has had this problem