Doc,
> Disclaimer: I'm taking Justin's word that the e-mail sent to
Photodex was
> more in the nature of a flame than a polite notice.
much more ;p
> I don't think that the question of whether Paul's post was appropriate
> here has anything to do with the issue Justin raised. The question is
> whether a "first-time offender" should be flamed by the list's maintainer,
> in his/her official capacity. I don't know who the maintainer is, and it
> doesn't matter.
> It is a fact that Linux users still have a rep as wild-eyed fanatics.
> (Some of the posts in this thread give credence to that notion.) Nasty
> letters to a business that's trying to add to our functionality don't help
> one bit. If Paul's post was contrary to SigLinux's charter, customs, or
> guidelines, a firm, POLITE e-mail would probably be sufficient. If it's
> not, further action should probably be directed to his e-mail provider. As
> has been stated, we're all old hands at spam defense. We all know that if
> they don't listen to a request, they sure as hell won't respond to a
> demand.
> My point is that Photodex is trying to be the good guys. If they need
> pointers, whacking them ain't the way to go about it.
> And as far as whether they're commercial or not, or open-source or not,
> or I like their product or not, what the hell does that have to do with
> this whole question? If Photodex isn't welcome to announce new product
> here, *according to the given reasons*, neither is GNU.
>
Doc thanks for agreeing with me.. you basically make the point I've been
trying to make ;p
for the record I'm basically done with this thread. there's nothing more
that I can say, I should have stoppd 2-3 posts go b/c it's all been
wasteful rehash.. noone's perfect, paul could hve been clearer about the
fact that people asked, etc.. but I know that that stuff doesn't always
occur to you. Chris, our list maintainer, was way off and, imho,
represented the group badly..
let's all toss this aside and have fun with linux.. if you use compupic,
have fun, if you don't, have fun anyway.. it doesn't make a difference..
Justin
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