Have you two guys ever spoken outside of email? I suggest that a phone call may be a quicker way to resolve these issues than continuing public debate :) Feelings are running high and "face-to-face" communication may cut across any misunderstandings.
Kind regards P. ------------------------Original Message------------------------ -- Date: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:53:50 -0700 -- Sender: Joe Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Paul Sisson wrote: >> On Monday 01 October 2001 12:46, Joe Rhett wrote: >> > I've filed a few bugs with the OpenSRS-SF project. Paul Sisson just >> > deletes them without fixing them, querying about them or resolving >> > the problem. >> >> I will respond off-list to this message. After I responded to the bug >> report with a simple answer, this person attacked me as a "babbling >> idiot", among other things, and the (invalid) bug was thus deleted. > > You responded to the bug report with a statement about a module that I > didn't report a problem with, and did _not_ respond to the actual issue > raised. > >> As one can see from the original subject line (and the abusive tone of >> the message body), meaningful communication with this person is >> somewhat difficult. > > When I tried to follow up to make sure the bug was fixed, you ignored the > update and deleted the bug again. You never attempted meaningful > communication in the first place. Communication requires a two-way > information flow, of which there was none. You didn't even ACK the report. > > Second, you clearly misunderstand the word 'abuse'. I have never abused > you. I was acerbic and concise in one reply to you -- where I pointed out > that you replied to a non-issue, and didn't reply to the issues raised. > You focused on the word 'babbling' and ignored everything else I said > -- exactly like you did with the original bug report. > > If you ignore the report contents and talk about some other random topic, > someone might refer to you as 'babbling'. It's not abusive, it is pointing > out that your replies aren't linear and relevant to the issue. > > I appreciate that you took this offline, but this public attack serves no > good. You're attempting to justify the fact that you didn't feel it > necessary to follow through with someone about the bug they reported. > > -- > Joe Rhett Chief Geek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISite Services, Inc. ----------------------End Original Message---------------------- --- Peter Dickson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kyros Solutions Ltd 110 The Custard Factory Gibb Street Birmingham B9 4AA t: +44 (0)121 683 1330 w: http://www.kyros.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ passionate about helping people use information technology effectively ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- Fingerprint: 02DB 023B C11B 412C D015 0AF3 F074 8590 72D2 BC98
