The fact that you consider helping someone to be wasting someone else's time without qualification says a lot about your attitude and the pervading attitude of many involved in the project, or at least this mailing list.
What started off as fishing for philosophical discussion has turned into either personal attacks or narcissistic explanations for rude behavior. So there is something valuable in the piece that I linked to, regardless of what anyone may label it. Lack of time to waste does not necessitate incivility. Asperger Syndrome, maybe, but not lack of time. Brent On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:41:52 -0500 > Andres Genovez <andresgeno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2010/7/2 Brent Shumacher <brent.shumac...@gmail.com> >> >> > >> > >> http://www.trollaxor.com/2010/06/why-i-almost-gave-openbsd-100000-didnt.html >> > >> > >> >> OMG! I surely like someone how tellme at my face that I am an idiot, than an >> hypocrite with its "dorated" lies! >> -- >> Atentamente >> >> Andris Genovez Tobar / Sistemas >> http://www.crice.org >> > > For anyone who happens to lookup "donation" in the mailing list. > > There have been many examples of people getting answers even to issues > unrelated to OpenBSD having failed on other less responsive mailing > lists. > > The idea that the OpenBSD mailing list is grumpy is the misconception > of an overly sensitive someone, willing to cut off his nose to spite > his face. > > OpenBSD developers simply do not like wasting time, which is partly why > it is so brilliant. I have noticed that they HAVE wasted their time to > help others, when the question is reasonable or productive to the > questioner atleast. > > Occasionally, conviction is needed to stress the point, which can be > mistaken for hostility by some. > > Please donate to OpenBSD in order to improve the worlds efficiency, > productiveness and allow all people to harness their ideas as safely as > possible, thereby improving the future development of those ideas.
