Johnathan, I am going to eat my own advice. I am going to respond to this privately :) Expect an email soon.
Paul --- Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Benedict wrote: > > +1 with Frank and Craig. Unless you need to have your viewpoint > > continuously heard in public, some of the latter postings can be > > shared privately. Most of it was good, and I think it generated > > much good; thanks for sharing. > > Well, my problem on this right now is that I just don't have closure. > > I asked the basic question of why Struts development stagnated and > people who really should have by now really grappled with this question > and considered it, simply disengaged, and some even started with the > insults and such. > > I don't really like putting you on the spot, Paul (with other people, I > don't mind so much but you seem like a basically okay guy) but I'm just > going to ask you the same question I asked a whole bunch of other people > and never got any answer from. > > What, in your opinion, are the reasons that Struts development stagnated? > > I know I'm being a hard-nosed SOB but I also know that the question is > well-formulated, valid, and broadly on-topic for a Struts list. > > I'm sure you have an opinion on this subject, Paul. If you won't share > your views, I'd be curious as to why. You see, I'm developing the > impression that the above question is basically taboo somehow. > > Once you pose this question, people just start coming out of the > woodwork screaming at you to shut up and stuff. So, at this point, I > pretty much have developed a morbid fascination and am inclined to > simply ask the question to everybody and see how they react. :-) So now > I am asking you... :-) > > Jonathan Revusky > -- > lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ > > > > > > > --- "Frank W. Zammetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Craig McClanahan wrote: > >> > >>>No matter where the conversation developed, it has gone in directions that > >>>are off topic on this list. Please feel free to continue the conversation, > >>>but do it somewhere else. > >> > >>(About to break my own "I'm done posting in this thread" rule)... > >> > >>Even I, as someone who was knee-deep in this thread for a while, agree > >>with Craig. The problem is it was a discussion for a while, but has > >>become people just talking over one another now. > >> > >>I'm all for people expressing their viewpoints, no matter how unpopular, > >>but at some point it becomes obvious that no one is listening to one > >>another, and then it's an exercise in futility. > >> > >>No one can stop anyone else from posting, not without locking someone > >>out from the list anyway, which I hope never happens to anyone, but at > >>some point everyone has to come to the realization that the conversation > >>has past the point of being useful in any real way. If no one's opinion > >>was changed 30 posts ago, chances are it's not going to happen now. > >> > >>Besides, if the points being raised are valid at all, this thread won't > >>be the last of its kind... Someone will at some point start another and > >>it'll all come out again, so why not hold back some of the talking > >>points for next time? ;) > >> > >> > >>>Craig > >> > >>Frank > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
