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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: on being an ass
From: |
zander |
Subject: |
[Gnu-arch-users] Re: on being an ass |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:52:54 +0200 |
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 10:05:58AM -0700, Tom Lord wrote:
>
>
> >>>> From: Ethan Benson
> >>>> as i have pointed out, sysadmins worth thier salt are not going
> >>>> to allow shared accounts with multiple having access to it.
>
> >> From: Tom Lord
> >> Yeah, the suid bit was just a joke. Nobody was meant to actually
> >> _use_ it.
>
> > From: Ethan Benson
> > you are doing an EXCELLENT job of chasing away users, developers, and
> > donations with your asshole attitude.
>
> > and i was considering sending you a donation shortly. not anymore.
>
> A more constructive reply might have gone:
...
> It's ridiculous to expect a large organization like OSU or
> SourceForge or Savannah to drop everything and revise all of that
> technical, social, and legal infrastructure just so that any user who
> wants to start an arch project can allocate a new user id.
...
Tom,
First of all, thank you for taking the time to write out the argument you
expected Ethan to make, and writing a clearly articulated answer to that
argument.
It indeed takes away the escalating problem at hand.
I'm not sure I agree with the tone though; On one side you want Ethan to
talk mature and on the other you want him to basically patronize you by
telling you loads of things you already know.
Its a step in the righ direction; but the not-so-subtle undertone is less
appriciated.
Again; thank you.
--
Thomas Zander
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