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OO developers response?

By br3n, Section Diary
Posted on Wed Dec 15th, 2004 at 22:27:58 EST

Paranoia
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 14 2004 @ 11:15 PM EST

<<>>>

As an aside, if "goodness" was measured by lines of code contributed
to open source, then Sun would be the best entity after UC Berkeley.

But I digress.

Best,
Daniel Carrera.
OpenOffice.org volunteer.

this was posted to groklaw
http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20041214182428433&title=Paranoia&typ e=article&order=DESC&hideanonymous=0&pid=0#c250906

several replies to it and lots of discussion about it.
and yes this one you can bookmark and show back to me.a true pj bash.
i think in her replies to daniel she expressed more than she probably meant to.
trusting the software because of who submitted?what company?
what about the many eyes?
she threatens to quit using it because of who helps donate it to us?
who is she to try to control the software submissions now?
i have said that if she is allowed any honorary positions within the community to look out,
i was wrong. just her soapbox from groklaw is dangerous if she threatens to not use the product of the software developers like this.
she doesnt have to use OO,that is her choice but to attack from a political perspective or even personal perspective is wrong.
what do you think?

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OO developers response? | 70 comments (70 topical, 0 editorial, 1 hidden)

Re: OO developers response? (3.81 / 11) (#6)
by John Douglas on Thu Dec 16th, 2004 at 15:01:08 EST
(User Info)

To be honest I wouldn't read anything FOSS-like into this episode, its just fragility.

Personally think the emphasis may have been more along the lines of:

'If you keep talking like this, I may stop using OpenOffice.'

rather than

'If you keep talking like this, I may stop using OpenOffice.' which most people picked up on.

[I would have rated that comment as a 1 or 2 (probably a 1 because it was the webmistress 'trolling')].

The rest was mere justification.

Its easy to make a mistake on the net, its difficult to recover.

There is no need for you to 'bash' anyone or defend yourself from such accusations. I noticed today on the CKX board where you simply apologised for plonking somebody.

The diferences in response to mistakes make a contrast that speaks volumes.

John Douglas
John Douglas (Rose Green, Bognor Regis)

Re: OO developers response? by br3n, 12/16/2004 15:49:26 EST (3.80 / 10)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 16:54:55 EST (1.27 / 11)

Re: OO developers response? by flimbag, 12/18/2004 04:37:07 EST (3.75 / 8)
Re: OO developers response? by br3n, 12/16/2004 17:06:43 EST (3.57 / 7)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 02:57:28 EST (1.50 / 10)

Re: OO developers response? by pgk, 12/17/2004 04:33:51 EST (3.33 / 9)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 12:43:14 EST (1.40 / 10)

Re: OO developers response? by John Douglas, 12/17/2004 17:55:52 EST (3.42 / 7)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 23:27:52 EST (1.55 / 9)

Re: OO developers response? by pgk, 12/18/2004 03:48:35 EST (3.57 / 7)
Re: OO developers response? by nono2sco, 12/17/2004 23:53:29 EST (3.00 / 6)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 15:08:00 EST (2.50 / 8)

Re: OO developers response? Reply Part 2 by John Douglas, 12/16/2004 15:30:14 EST (3.37 / 8)

we cross-posted LOL by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 15:46:45 EST (3.10 / 10)

Re: we cross-posted LOL by John Douglas, 12/16/2004 16:26:48 EST (3.00 / 5)

Re: OO developers response? by John Douglas, 12/16/2004 15:20:10 EST (3.00 / 4)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 15:35:58 EST (3.00 / 4)

Re: OO developers response? (3.45 / 11) (#1)
by hgc (hgcSPAM@SUXsymuli.com) on Thu Dec 16th, 2004 at 02:07:39 EST
(User Info) http://www.symuli.com/

I think that not using a software package just because you diaagree with a comment made by one of its developers will cause you to have to only use software you code yourself. I have no idea what PJ is thinking in this instance. I would hope that she is not thinking at all because what she says is simply ludicrous.

I disagree eith Theo rather regularly, but I thank him profusely for taking such good care of OpenSSH which I can not live without.
--
© 2004,5 Harry G. Clayton
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. -- Henry Spencer

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 16:56:50 EST (3.00 / 6)

Re: OO developers response? (3.33 / 9) (#3)
by Potential Recruit on Thu Dec 16th, 2004 at 14:05:06 EST

IMO PJs comment could only have been written by someone on the edge of complete mental breakdown.
There is a partial apology from her much later in the thread that sounds as if she has pulled back from the brink a little.

Re: OO developers response? by pgk, 12/16/2004 14:41:23 EST (3.55 / 9)

Yes (n/t) by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 14:51:00 EST (2.25 / 4)
Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 16:48:15 EST (1.00 / 10)

Re: OO developers response? by br3n, 12/16/2004 15:51:42 EST (3.00 / 11)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 17:00:23 EST (2.90 / 10)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 18:30:04 EST (2.87 / 8)

Re: OO developers response? by John Douglas, 12/17/2004 19:10:32 EST (3.77 / 9)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/18/2004 07:41:15 EST (3.00 / 10)

Re: OO developers response? by hgc, 12/18/2004 09:10:10 EST (4.36 / 11)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/18/2004 15:03:28 EST (3.50 / 10)

Re: OO developers response? by Napoleon Reddress, 12/18/2004 18:34:29 EST (3.87 / 8)
Re: OO developers response? by br3n, 12/18/2004 17:02:17 EST (3.77 / 9)

Re: OO developers response? by Potential Recruit, 12/18/2004 17:34:20 EST (3.50 / 8)

Re: OO developers response? by br3n, 12/18/2004 19:13:20 EST (3.50 / 6)

Re: OO developers response? by John Douglas, 12/19/2004 14:14:30 EST (3.25 / 4)

Completely OT by Potential Recruit, 12/19/2004 17:48:15 EST (3.40 / 5)

PJ is INSANE. by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 16:47:22 EST (1.10 / 20)

Meta: Insanity? by nedu, 12/16/2004 18:23:25 EST (4.00 / 7)

Re: Meta: Insanity? by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 19:12:56 EST (1.70 / 10)

Re: Meta: Insanity? by nedu, 12/17/2004 03:11:00 EST (3.70 / 10)

rating meta note by ColonelZen, 12/16/2004 18:29:31 EST (3.50 / 6)

Re: rating meta note by Potential Recruit, 12/16/2004 19:08:57 EST (3.00 / 8)

Re: rating meta note by nedu, 12/16/2004 20:57:33 EST (3.80 / 5)

Re: rating meta note by nono2sco, 12/16/2004 22:38:47 EST (3.50 / 4)

Re: rating meta note by br3n, 12/16/2004 23:01:34 EST (3.60 / 5)

Re: rating meta note by nedu, 12/17/2004 02:49:05 EST (3.62 / 8)

Re: rating meta note by Napoleon Reddress, 12/17/2004 03:13:23 EST (4.00 / 10)

Re: rating meta note by nedu, 12/17/2004 07:14:57 EST (3.14 / 7)

Re: rating meta note by John Douglas, 12/17/2004 17:40:03 EST (3.42 / 7)

Re: rating meta note by br3n, 12/17/2004 09:09:53 EST (3.62 / 8)

Re: rating meta note by nedu, 12/17/2004 16:35:56 EST (3.72 / 11)

Re: rating meta note by ColonelZen, 12/17/2004 21:26:00 EST (3.70 / 10)
Re: rating meta note by pgk, 12/17/2004 16:50:58 EST (3.55 / 9)
Re: rating meta note by br3n, 12/17/2004 17:12:25 EST (3.50 / 8)

Re: rating meta note by ColonelZen, 12/16/2004 19:14:02 EST (3.50 / 6)

Re: rating meta note by nono2sco, 12/16/2004 19:41:30 EST (3.60 / 5)
Re: rating meta note by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 01:33:18 EST (3.00 / 8)

Re: rating meta note by pgk, 12/17/2004 04:41:01 EST (4.00 / 8)
Re: rating meta note by JCausey, 12/17/2004 09:37:46 EST (3.80 / 5)

Re: rating meta note by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 17:36:57 EST (3.55 / 9)

Re: rating meta note by pgk, 12/17/2004 18:34:14 EST (3.77 / 9)

Re: rating meta note by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 23:29:28 EST (3.50 / 8)

Re: rating meta note by pgk, 12/18/2004 05:26:11 EST (4.00 / 10)

Re: rating meta note by nono2sco, 12/17/2004 02:13:55 EST (3.42 / 7)

Re: rating meta note by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 03:01:05 EST (2.50 / 8)

Re: rating meta note by nono2sco, 12/17/2004 12:29:53 EST (3.42 / 7)

Re: rating meta note by Potential Recruit, 12/17/2004 23:30:31 EST (3.00 / 5)

Whew! (1.13 / 15) (#2)
by Potential Recruit on Thu Dec 16th, 2004 at 03:23:16 EST

I knew you would not let a week pass by without a PJ post.

OO developers response? | 70 comments (70 topical, 0 editorial, 1 hidden)

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