Re: so why ?

"James D. Freels" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.kde.cvs
Organization Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Clearly there is a disconnect and I apologize.

I continue to be very impressed with the level of perfection enjoyed by
we as Debian users.  You have to realize that  I live in a world
dominated by Microsoft users who have no clue about Linux.  Of the Linux
users in our organization (ORNL), most use RedHat for various reasons.  
As a result, I  defend Debian often from "both sides".  So, when I see
one "complaining" it could be misinterpreted in the wrong way.

We should demand perfection.  Perhaps we should state it in such a way
that it does not come across the wrong way to those like myself not
knowing  the individuals involved.

Did I spell grateful greatful ?

On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 02:56, [email protected] wrote:

> > So if you don't like the debs and you don't like kde or qt or debian,
> > then why are you using them, why are you complaining about them, and why
> > are you even on this mailing list ?
> >
> > --
> > James D. Freels, Ph.D.
> > Oak Ridge National Laboratory
> > [email protected]
> >
> >
> 
> Clearly we have a disconnect.
> 
> The reason is I thoroughly enjoy the direction in which Debian, KDE and Qt
> is headed, but when I read people telling other individuals to stop
> whining and to be greatful, from a simple question on what is the status
> of the cvs debs I find that to be a complete lack of professionalism.
> 
> You cannot tell me the notion of precision is not par for the course in
> your profession.
> 
> 
> You did not achieve a Ph.D by being greatful. You got it by working your
> butt off.
> 
> Maybe working with NeXT instilled in me a sense of striving for perfection.
> 
> I'd expect the folks in the Linux community do the same.
> 
> Look at the Kernel.org structure.  If you think my position seems terse
> I'm sure such is commonplace with GCC and the Linux Kernel development.
> 
> Am I wrong?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Marc J. Driftmeyer
> 
> P.S. This world needs two world class operating systems and desktop
> environments and I see those being KDE and OS X.

-- 
James D. Freels, Ph.D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
[email protected]

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