How dare they say that about us!!! ;)
-- James Mitchell Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist EdgeTech, Inc. 678.910.8017 AIM: jmitchtx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Gladwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:58 AM Subject: Re: Licensing > Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > > Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > IMHO, it is a real "must read" for everyone that writes and especially > > uses open source. Funnily enough, many of the points that she raises > > don't apply to the ASF. > > Hmm... I might disagree with that one. For example, I don't know many > newbie users who could single-handedly set-up and configure the Apache > web server with Tomcat without encountering a few problems. Also, some > ASF projects have very skimpy documentation in places. > > > "Fighting for one's political stand is an honorable action, but re- > > fusing to acknowledge that there might be weaknesses in one's > > position - in order to identify them so that they can be remedied - > > is a large enough problem with the Open Source movement that it > > deserves to be on this list of the top five problems." > > -- Michelle Levesque, "Fundamental Issues with > > Open Source Software Development" > > I have heard an interesting theory behind this: that the technical > affinity shared by geeks and open-source advocates across the world is > actually a form of mild autism, passed down the male line. Anecdotally, > on my father's side many of my uncles are engineers, and my grandfather > was an engineer (who, interestingly, claims to have invented the flip > chart which he failed to patent) - the geek old guard. And, in this > generation, most of my male cousins are working in the IT industry as > programmers and system administrators - the new geeks. > > Anyway, my point is that it would also seem that, along with poor social > skills and shyness, a form bi-polar fanaticism seems to come with this > "techno-autism". The constant "them or us" attitude one sees on forums > such as /. seem to be near universal constant. > > I mention it only for interests sake. :) > > Kind regards, > -- Ricardo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
