Paul DuBois wrote:
>
> In the interests of stemming some of the flood of invective being
> directed against NuSphere...
[== snip, snip ==]
Paul:
I have a certain sympathy for your personal discomfort. I
feel that you/NuSphere are the "victims" of a kind of natural
aspect of the human condition...
This kind of discussion is difficult to keep flames out of.
It is similar to trying to have a rational discussion about
the virtue of Maria of Jersey City, with the older brother
Salvatore...
You have:
1. The great reservoir of goodwill that has been accumulated
by MySQL AB over the years
2. The "natural" tendency to impugn sinister motives to
anyone that "disturbs" this goodwill
3. The ease and anonomity provided by email to react
What is usually never considered:
1. Heros _can_ make mistakes, and/or there are always
two sides to every question
2. To extend good faith to both parties
However, there are always two sides to every question, and
disputes can easily arise out of any business relationship
that range from innocent misunderstandings to covert
manipulations. And, the third parties observing cannot
know, apriori, what is true.
For whatever worth it may have, I do not consider that
you/NuSphere have left the human race, are scumbags,
or members of the Evil Empire, as many on this list
have knee-jerked to. That is probably small comfort.
You are just stuck with your lot, for the moment.
What I find so terribly interesting about this whole
affair is how it is being, to some extent, settled,
or at least converging on a settlement/understanding,
right here in front of the eyes of the entire Community.
To me this is a kind of historic phenomena.
Cheer up.
_jef
--
Justin Farnsworth
Eye Integrated Communications
321 South Evans - Suite 203
Greenville, NC 27858 | Tel: (252) 353-0722
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