Jerry writes:
> >People who provide suggestions on how things _should_ be
> >without being able to help make them that way shouldn't be
> >surprised when they get a possibly negative response. Both
> >parties would be better served by ignoring such comments altogether.
>
> So, what you are inferring is that before an individual makes a
> suggestion for an improvement, modification or whatever in a
> product, they should be fully capable of instigating that
> change/modification themselves. Is that correct?
That's not what I, and seemingly others, read.
There's a difference between:
"FreeBSD doesn't have this {feature, (working) port}. I
really wish it did, and I think there's more people than you
realize looking for it."
hopefully followed by:
"What can I do to help?"
and what I remember of the original post, which came across as:
"FreeBSD doesn't have X? Do you not realize how important X
is? Bunch of losers. Fix it, or I'm outta here."
and - seen that way - drew a predictable and quite human
reaction. Especially when the poster seems to be somewhat more
clueful than someone who is trying FreeBSD becuase "My geek friends
said I should use Linux.".
Robert Huff
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