"Yeah well there is no communication."
OK, he is working and not communicating with us
"blog post was put out only after people complained about lack of news."
OK, he is still working and now communicating with us
"we are justified to assume nothing is happening."
No. I disagree. As you can see from the previous two points, in both cases he
was working.
It is only reasonable to assume nothing is happening when there is no
communication, if that is the agreement on BOTH sides. Let us pretend that
Trisquel 8 is released, do you think Ruben would agree that his lack of
communication means that he is not working on this? That this is the
protocol:
1.) I communicate with you and I am working
OR
2.) I don't communicate with you and I am not working.
You are leaving out the other two possibilities that can exist in that
matrix:
1.) I communicate with you and I am not working
2.) I don't communicate with you and I am working
You can rule out the two possibilities that involve communication--because he
is not communicating. You cannot rule out the other two:
1.) I don't communicate with you and I am working
2.) I don't communicate with you and I am not working
Since you do not know which, the best choice is to assume he is working but
not communicating.
