Nathan - My intention was to inform the community I would no longer be maintaining a lot of projects that many developers communicate with me about on a semi-frequent basis.
The alternative would have been to silently stop supporting these projects ( disappear ) without any notice or explanation. - Marak On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Nathan White <changereal...@gmail.com>wrote: > I usually refrain from this bs but when people start asking for > explanations about such absurdities I find it very hard to refrain. > > Marak's behavior is childish and deserves no explaination. The way he > brought this shit to the forum should signal why he was fired. None of > these issues should take away from all the other talented members of > nodejitsu. It doesn't matter if Marak is right, to handle an issue like > this in a public forum is inexcusable. > > > On Sep 12, 2012, at 10:33 PM, Adam Crabtree <atcrabt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When a leader departs from a community like this, a reasonable explanation > helps answer the most basic questions that are on everyone's minds, while > setting expectations of privacy in what they chose not to share. We should > respect that and appreciate Marak's willingness to share personal details > for the sake of greater clarity. Dramatic or not, none of us knows unless > we know the whole story, which Marak chose not to share. > > Consider reaching out to Marak privately to encourage him in what is > obviously a less than ideal situation. > > Otherwise, let's do as Mikeal suggests. > > Cheers, > Adam Crabtree > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Micheil Smith > <mich...@brandedcode.com>wrote: > >> Really, that was just me getting a wee bit annoyed at the idea of the >> whole dramatisation >> here. If a company fires you, they either had a reason to, or, you have a >> lawsuit you can >> probably press, if you really want to. >> >> No need to make a big noise about it and try to paint them out as evil or >> wrong or whatever, >> it's fine though if someone asks that you're honest about it, but do we >> really need to >> discussion or even here about Marak's firing on the Node.js mailing list? >> As far as I'm >> concerned, not really, no. >> >> – Micheil >> >> >> On 12/09/2012, at 6:43 PM, Mikeal Rogers wrote: >> >> > It is beyond foolish to speculate about why someone was fired from an >> announcement like this. >> > >> > I suggest you ask Marak or someone else at nodejitsu you know >> personally why this happened if you find it necessary to gossip. >> > >> > -Mikeal >> > >> > On Sep 12, 2012, at September 12, 201210:41 AM, Micheil Smith < >> mich...@brandedcode.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Wasn't wanting to add into this, but reading between the lines it >> reads as if there >> >> was a conflict of interest, Marak was developing something open-source >> that was >> >> seen as a potential competitor to the closed-source product he was >> being paid to >> >> work on. >> >> >> >> Which, if he wished to not stop work on that potential competitor, >> then sure, sounds >> >> fine to dismiss him from the position he held at the company. >> >> >> >> And then, all that aside, I can understand being angry at a company, >> but the tone >> >> of that email was way off. Sure, if people ask you directly as to why, >> you can say >> >> something to them about it, but no need to make a massive show out of >> it. >> >> >> >> – Micheil >> >> >> >> On 12/09/2012, at 4:54 PM, Jeff Barczewski wrote: >> >> >> >>> Yes, it would be beneficial for both sides to communicate a summary >> of what transpired to get to this point, rather than leaving this nebulous >> cloud over everything. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Marak, have you looked into those companies that were trying to hire >> Node developers? (If moving is an option, then NodeUp sponsors like Clock >> and Bislr are a few that come to mind) >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Wednesday, 12 September 2012 10:43:15 UTC-5, Zeus wrote: >> >>> So what was Nodejitsu's reasoning in all this? Your tone make it seem >> you feel that they fired you unjustly. >> >>> >> >>> Best, >> >>> Zeus >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> >>> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >>> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >>> For more options, visit this group at >> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > >> > -- >> > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> > Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "nodejs" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > > > -- > Better a little with righteousness > than much gain with injustice. > Proverbs 16:8 > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. 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