[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Wendy Galovich says -
>
> > That being the case, Brian, then the first thing I'd do is put
> > those abcs out on the site in plain text format, rather than, or at
> > least in addition to the zipped files...
>
> You are absolutely right.
Great.
And while you're at it, could you add a clear link path from the Lewes
Arms main page to the page with the ABCs? The way it is now forces me to
link directly to http://members.aol.com/LewesArmsFolk/Lewesfav.html in
the Free Sheet Music Directory, and I'm never really happy about doing that.
>
> Excuse the delay, but those in the UK will know that Lewes is having a
> little local difficulty at the moment.
Any juicy details for us non British?
>
> > these folks who work on these programs generously *donate* their time to it.
>
> I am sorry that you think I have been ignoring that, so I will make my view
> more explicit. I do not think that the fact that some developers are
> volunteers entitles them to dictate to users what they can or cannot have in
> abc.
You're right. The matter of responsibility in the idealistic Internet
comunity (and in every other community based on voluntary work) is
rather complex, but basically the "stray kitten" principle applies. If
you take a stray kitten home, you'd better take good care of it. If you
volunteer for a job, you'd better do it - no matter how little there is
in it for you personally!
I think *everybody* involved in this discussion can honestly state that
they've done a fair job for the ABC community.
>
> If I have gone on at rather tedious length at times it is to try hack through
> what seems to be a grim determination to misunderstand what I am saying.
Well, yes, but you haven't always explained things too clearly. And,
more important, I can't honestly say you've been very tactful. And you
have done your own fair share of misunderstanding as well. Phil *never*
said he was opposed to the K:^f etc. idea because he was afraid people
would start using it!
Bryan, I agree to most of what you say, but I can't accept the way you
say it!
That being said, we can't blame one person for this unpleasant
situation. After all it takes two to start a fight (although I've been
told that rule doesn't always apply in Ireland ;)
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Guido Gonzato wrote:
>
> "It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard
> a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young."
> -- Konrad Lorenz
I think that applies to musicians and programmers too.
Frank Nordberg
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