on 5/2/02 8:44 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Same here, I'll -1 a switch to either maven or centipede on the projects I > have a vote on until they find a way to work togheter. > > DVSL may be a nice language, but XSLT is the standard - regardless of how > you play with the word. I'm fine with a tool that supports both. > > Costin You guys are so funny. Bike Sheds ---------- At first, people -1'd the use of Anakia to generate the Jakarta website. But then when I took the effort to make it simple and easy to use and took away the bike shed argument, people adopted it and used it all over the world. On top of it, in *years*, no one has gone and replaced Jakarta-site2 with anything better. Sure, Craig did a XSLT stylesheet, but no one changed the main Jakarta site to use it and I still see new Anakia sites on Sourceforget.net all the time. The next thing to replace jakarta-site2 will be Maven. Just like with Anakia, I honestly don't care if you -1 it. You aren't doing the work and therefore your argument against it is simply a bike shed and is thus not valid in my opinion. Costin, just like with Tomcat 3 vs. Tomcat 4. We all learned that you can't force projects to work together. Nor can you vote -1 on it. Given our history, I'm really surprised to hear you trying to argue for something like that. You hypocrite. Learning Technology ------------------- The argument about learning minor technologies to make money is so silly it is funny. I have owned/started several companies now and have been responsible for hiring or directly approving the hiring of about 50-60 people over the last 10 years. Not a huge amount, but not small either. Never once did I think to myself, hmmm...that person knows minor technology X better than minor technology Y. What I cared the most about was that the person had a general good skill set and the aptitude to learn something new. So, if learning DVSL vs. XSLT is beyond your aptitude, I probably would not have hired you anyway. On top of it, the mentality of having to fit into the box because everyone else is doing it would make me instantly not like your personality. I like people who are free thinkers and who can think outside of the box. Software is an art form, not something that you can just cookie cutter produce (and have it come out being any good). IMHO, it is the free thinkers that have the most creative and bug free code. Thinking outside of the box shows that you care about the code and systems you are creating. People ------ Needless to say, the attitudes here are becoming more and more familiar. Andrew reminds me of the early days of dealing with Peter Donald (credit to Peter for eventually coming to his senses...I think joining the PMC helped). Steven reminds me of Paulo. Deja vu! :-) -jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
