2007/11/3, Darren Spruell :

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> On Nov 3, 2007 4:29 AM, Karel Kulhavy  wrote:

> > > They write code, then they submit it, it does not suck too much and they

> > > take the suggestions of the current project leads. Then they resubmit

> > > better code.

> > >

> > > The rest of us should simply buy CD's, ask and answer the occasional

> >

> > Buy CD's until you get into the situation I got into with Vim Vandeputte

> > - ordered a hoodie as a xmas present, he said he can ship it until xmas,

> > and the first reply was after xmas.

> >

> > Take this, add the name calling and unfriendly atmosphere on the mailing list

> > and you have an explanation why the OpenBSD isn't more popular than is

> > - because there are factors that motivate people away from OpenBSD.

> >

> > More popular OpenBSD means more people sending donations.

>

> Your first problem is that you think this is some kind of popularity

> contest. It isn't. No one cares as much that openbsd adoption

> increases as they do about it being a good system. No one ever has.

> That's why no one will be sad when I call you a tool. Tool.

>

> You are the latest (again and again) in a long string of whiners. If

> you can't tell from the general tones of the responses you've gotten,

> your drivel bores people. Your whining doesn't contribute to anything

> useful, so you're not going to get anywhere with it. You're really

> just a bona fide troll.

>

> DS

>

>

Can we stop the thread here please? You are not contributing anything

positive to the discussion.
And anybody else that doesn't have anything positive to add to this

and any other thread please refrain from posting.
Developers can say whatever they want, OpenBSD is their project.

Actually, it's Theo's project.
But everybody else please stop the insanity. Nobody is whining or

trolling here. Except those that insist in calling names and posing as

mean. Probably because they think it's cool to be mean in the OpenBSD

mailing list.
Guess what. You only look stupid.
Just because developers pose as mean doesn't grant you any right to do

so. It doesn't mean it's right either.
Instead of replying and replying, and bashing the newcomers, could you

please SHUT UP! and hack?. There would be no long whining and trolling

threads if everybody thought before hitting "reply" and preferably

ignored the supposedly trolls' and whiners' posts.
To Karel and the rest asking legitimate questions, don't take offense.

Developers can't invest time in teaching, or writing roadmaps, or todo

lists. Period.
Stop arguing or giving ideas. Nobody is listening.
And don't even think of taking offense from the rest. Sadly, those

"mean" posts are the result of a trend that started some years ago,

from the newcomers by the way.
P.S. Sorry Darren for directing it to you. Nothing personal! ;-) You

just happened to be the last poster.

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Gerardo Santana