Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target

[Robert Thorsby]

On 2007.01.11 12:06 Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> The groff project -- and I'm not sure what that means,
> other than "Werner Lemburg" -- is going to have to
> decide how much portability it wants.  There's a sort
> of sliding scale of difficulty here.

I have sat and watched this debate, which has sometimes become 
unnecessarily acrimonious, without intervening until now -- but I 
cannot hold my tongue any longer.

I live in awe of the extraordinary work done by Werner, particularly 
when one considers that he holds down a "proper" job. But, Eric, your 
quoted remark is incorrect and insulting, and plain downright bitchy. 
You are acting like a spoiled child.

Up until you started ranting on as if you were the only sane person in 
a world of idiots this list was a model of decorum and co-operation. 
There are **many** people who have made, and continue to make, valuable 
contibutions to the groff project; a fact that Werner has acknowledged 
more than once.

Really, Eric, is it necessary for you to upset everybody. No wonder you 
got chucked off the kernel project.

Robert Thorsby