"The 'correct' answer is the one you get"... wrong. It's almost never the one you get, whether technically or psychologically.
It's easy just to be a hard-ass all the time. I know from personal experience. It's more difficult to show empathy when it's needed, rather than try to rebut someone's personal perspective, which cannot usually be proven wrong. People who mature learn to tell the difference and act appropriately. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 1:06 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Adobe drops Flsh for mobile devices > True, but I see almost no empathy when people are expressing broader issue concerns rather than > issues of a technical nature. Therein lies the clue to the correct response. You want empathy? Go to a shrink or talk to your bartender. On a free mailing list, the "correct" response is the one you get, not the one you want. And these "broader issue concerns" typically don't have any positive resolution, have been brought up countless times, etc, etc. Saying "CF is dying" on a CF technical list isn't really an appropriate statement for the list. And of course, it always turns out that CF is dying because you don't like what Adobe is doing with it, which is beyond the control of everyone on the list - whether you agree with it or not. You know, I think it would actually be OK if someone asked how to help CF, but that's never what these "concerns" are about. It's all about your dislike for Adobe's marketing plan, or pricing, or whatever. Well, this is not the place for that. > Sometimes the technician, sometimes the counselor. No one pays me to be a counselor. On here, no one pays me to be a technician either, so I reserve the right to answer questions as I see fit. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:348678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
