On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600 Ken Springer <snowsh...@q.com> wrote:
> I'm not a programmer, learned many years ago that is not for me. But > I did contribute, for free, to writing the help files of a commercial > program for a platform now long gone. > > But, as I wrote in > news://news.gmane.org:119/l4bi37$vh$1...@ger.gmane.org, if I help by > reporting bugs I find in a program, assuming that reporting is > requested by developers, shouldn't there be some thanks shown by > fixing the bug? Depends. Imagine a buddy, who is a skateboarder, asking you for a critique of his style while doing tricks. Both of the following could be considered "reporting a bug": 1) I think you need to bend your knees more. 2) No wonder you're always losing contests, falling down, and just generally screwing up. Your knees are straight. How unprofessional. #1 garners a "thank you." #2 garners "what a douchebag!" Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
