John, There is a big difference between 'an honest and critical review of Adobe's position' and your blog post.
Once again you take shots at people for 'quick' judgement when you yourself are guilty of just the same. You were criticizing this on Twitter within hours of Adam's blog post going on line. I still fail to see the big deal, of all the people on the ColdFusion team 2 are being changed...2. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:52 PM, <cft...@fusionlink.com> wrote: > > Matt, > > I went back over my post to see where and how I used that word and was > honestly surprised that at no point did I actually do so. The word is used a > number of times by the people who commented to my post in disagreement. I > suspect they failed to properly look at the points I made. I did use the word > "offshore", which I believe that, you would agree, is the proper and correct > term to use. Feel free to check for yourself and even refer to Google caching > if you feel I may have changed anything. > > Words are important but at the same time I hope you don't forget to miss the > meaning of those words, their context and their intent. Language is a complex > tool to be sure. It is important to not arbitrarily disregard anyone, even > for a slight mistake. Since I never caused your fault to begin with, I hope > you will take the time to reconsider my position and the points of my > concern. There are others who also listed concerns as well. I think an honest > and critical review of Adobe's position is a positive thing. The quick and > false judgement by some, I fear, may end in a terrible mistake. > > Sincerely, > John Mason > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matt Quackenbush [mailto:quackfu...@gmail.com] > To: cf-talk@houseoffusion.com > Sent: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:19:46 -0600 > Subject: Re: Re: Change in ColdFusion management > > > John, it's not about being "word police". It's about whether or not you are > a man of your word. Words, whether you like it or not, have very specific > meanings. If you choose to use some whacked definition of words in your own > mind, definitions that don't even remotely match the actual definitions, > then you are an untrustworthy source of information. Why? Because the > words you use to spread information are inaccurate. And when you are > inaccurate, yes, my friend, it *is* your business. > > You wonder why people "attack" you? Perhaps you should start by looking at > your choice of words and look up the actual meanings of them before you > write them. I'll go ahead and give you the benefit of the doubt and say > that you actually mean something entirely different than you're saying. > Now, you should start trying to actually say what you mean and mean what you > say (something you admittedly don't bother doing). > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342254 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
