Re: Ease of use (was RE: Here is my Centipede scepticism)

Adam Jack wrote:
> Mats wrote:
> 
> 	I know ant fairly well, so I'm a good potential customer
> 	of such a tutorial, so please send it over to me, if you
> 	write it, and have it ready for review!
> 
> Since you started with 'is centipede dead', you don't seem to have the
> powers of observation a good reviewer would have.

I'm not sure why I care, but may I point out that
I am subscribed to this mailing list because I *am*
vaguely interested, and I started that email by
CORRECTLY pointing out that the mailing list seemed
dead. Check out the archives:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=7972

Two emails in May! Looked pretty dead to me, so I
asked if that was the case.

> Since you went on to
> 'prove' that centipede isn't want you need 'cos you use low level ant tasks
> (such as javadoc/junit)

I would never have posted my scepticism if it wasn't
for a certain "Adam Jack" wrote this in an email:

    Scepticism is healthy, please share yours. You never
    know, it could help us -- and/or help us communicate.
    So, please tell us, no holds barred...

> and don't seem able to recognize that some re-use
> works for some groups of people some times, then you don't seem a good
> potential tutorial "customer" 'cos you only see with your needs. Since
> you've told us you've never used centipede, and don't particularly plan to,
> you don't seem a good customer.

Sure, why try to write your tutorials with a
sceptical user in mind? Makes no sense, dude!

> Now if you'd like to use centipede, and then contribute some positive
> feedback -- or better yet -- ideas/questions for a tutorial, then we start
> talking.

I had no idea my sceptical feedback would be so
kindly received by you.

> Are you willing to step up to this?

I just offered to review a tutorial, if you ever
wrote one, and even listed in which way I think
it needs to be written (which you so gracefully
cut away from my email)!

But now you tell me, and everyone else, that I
would be a stinking reviewer.

Gee, you really know how to motivate people.

Mats




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