Richard Vickery spake unto us the following wisdom: > Your "point of contact" is your company's IT department; we are > merely volunteers. Are you aware of the term "open source"?
I realize you retracted this comment, but this sort of thing is becoming common (again) on this list. This comment is not directed entirely at you, you simply have the misfortune of being my example. Users, please do not take it upon yourselves to "defend" Pidgin or Pidgin developers. We are perfectly capable of doing so ourselves. Most indignant user responses like this that arrive on the list are misplaced. In this case, AOL has reached out to us, proactively, to notify us of a change in the protocol that is going to affect Pidgin and libpurple users. Asking for a specific point of contact to work through this is a VERY reasonable thing to do. AOL's engineers are paid, and spending time with a dedicated Pidgin developer at an established time is the best use of everyone involved's time and effort. I suspect this specific comment was a reaction to the language, not the content, and that is why it was retracted. However, rude responses to other corporate employees are not necessary, either; I have, for example, a form response that I send to confused Oracle employes that is much more useful and helpful than the snark often sent by list members -- particularly list members who have to have seen my rote response multiple times, and do not even include the help desk URL it contains. This is a community. I often send impatient and brusque emails, myself (the archives are proof of that), but I do try to direct them at those who deserve it. Please do the same! Ethan _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
