Some will say it's not a good thing to do because of some peoples'
perception of him, but I agree 100% with Dakota here!
Threads like this are, I believe, absolutely necessary every now and
again. The simple fact that everyone has gotten to voice their opinion,
regardless of who agrees or disagrees, has been exactly what growing a
community is all about.
Your right, 99% of this has been philosophy debating. What's wrong with
that? Philosophy is what open-source is based on, so why is it wrong to
question the foundations every now and again?
Hey, I'm a registered independent, but I voted for Bush this past
election. Seemed like the right choice at the time. Is it wrong for me
to now question what he says and does? Am I doing a disservice to the
government by voicing my concerns and asking tough questions? Is it
disheartening to confront differing ideas and ways of thinking?
I don't know about anyone else, but if you answered yes to any of those
questions, that silent noise you hear is the impending death of freedom
of expression and democracy as a whole. Just because we're talking
about open-source as opposed to political science doesn't mean the
principals of freedom are any different.
As long as everyone that posted here did so out of a desire to improve
things, and by and large I personally believe that is the case, then
this thread is relevant, appropriate and necessary. At least in my opinion.
Frank
Dakota Jack wrote:
This has been a thread that has covered about 200 different emails from
pillar to post, with the gurus and the outcasts all included. And you wish
it would go away, you think it is a disservice. The present committers and
their way of thinking or not thinking have in effect killed Struts and you
think this is just "spinning"? If you keep thinking like this, you too will
be a committer soon enough.
<snip>
On 3/21/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I _do_ believe that
this thread, in some ways, is doing a disservice to the Struts
"umbrella". It's been disheartening in many ways, and I wish it would go
away because for the most part we've been spinning over philosophical
issues (perhaps we need a Struts and/or Jakarta and/or Apache meta-group).
</snip>
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