<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jonathan Hutchins</b> <<a href="mailto:hutchins@tarcanfel.org">hutchins@tarcanfel.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 05:00:03 pm Jared wrote:<br><br>> We must labor hard to preserve the attitude<br>> of gratitude which is the only payment required of those<br>> who put in the hours coding free software.
<br><br>Bull.<br><br>If it's crap software, we have an obligation to say so. If it has problems,<br>we are not obliged to be able to completely recode the program, nor do we<br>need to fork the project in order to be able to point out wrong-headed
<br>policies.<br><br>GOOD software developers are eager to get feedback from people who have the<br>perspective of not being so buried in the code they can't see basic things<br>wrong with the UI, or an obvious function that's been overlooked because the
<br>coder always uses vi.<br><br>Providing feedback is a legitimate contribution to software development. No,<br>we need not grovel at the coder's feet and worship his code droppings because<br>he has been generous enough to bestow them on us. It takes a community to
<br>develop good software.</blockquote><div><br><br>Lighten up a bit eh?<br><br>I have been getting rather amused at your perceived need for sarcasm.<br>It's nice to be on a list where free expression is allowed, yet being able to
<br>does not always equate to needing to. Overall you did make some REALLY good points.<br>But sadly, the sarcasm makes many folks view see only the dig and not the constructive.<br>I really do agree with you on the Basic UI and function documentation issues.
<br>I think those 2 areas are the greatest return for least effort zone.<br></div><br>Oren<br></div><br>