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On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 10:02:27PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 06:08:55PM -0700, Zach Welch wrote: |
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> I will not make any attempt to correct your account of events, even though |
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> they contain numerous gross exagerations, innaccuracies, massive "spin," and |
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> false insinuations that I am ripping people off, just in my initial scan of |
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> what you wrote. Littered with lies, and slanderous, certainly. |
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> Your write-up is like a "based on real events" TV movie, where there are |
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> *just* enough facts to make the story believable to those who don't know any |
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> better. |
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> I will not "retaliate" by writing up a startling expose of any supposed |
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> wrongdoings on your part. Because, frankly, life is too short for this kind |
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> of stuff. I don't want to waste it by launching personal attacks on people. |
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> I could easily "win" the argument by explaining in detail what really |
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> happened, sharing the real facts, details, situations, conversations and |
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> intentions, proving lies to be fabrications, assertions to be stories, and |
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> your supposed critical analysis to be fueled solely by irrational anger. |
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> But somehow I think that I'd end up "losing" by adopting your tactics. |
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I completely understand your desire not to get in a "slander |
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war," and i respect that. At the same time, Zach has raised a lot of |
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issues that i feel *need* to be addressed. If we as developers are to be |
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able to make rational sense of these events, and not just make |
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assumptions or biases, we need to know everyone's side of them. |
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Zach's account provides us with his view of what happened, and gives us |
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concrete events as he sees them. All i get from your response is a |
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blatant dismissal of his opinions and account, with no justification. |
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part of open source is about openness, and transparency. I love gentoo, |
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and have no personal gripes with you, but i (and i think at least a few |
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other devs) would feel a lot better if we could hear your side of the |
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story and make a decision for ourselves based on that. |
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-pete |
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Peter Johanson |
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