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On Tuesday 10 October 2006 03:45, Kari Hazzard wrote: |
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After writing the last response, another thought came to mind that I figured I |
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should post - and should probably be set out in a "user's guide to posting on |
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dev mailing lists". |
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I had the thought that users likely feel that it's okay to repeatedly post |
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arguments for their point of view because they often see developers doing it. |
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There is a very obvious parallel between users and developers in these |
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threads in that both are lazy and thus want things done their own way in |
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order to make their lives easier. |
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The important difference is that (usually :/) at least some of the developers |
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of each point of view are willing to implement the whole lot themselves. What |
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they are arguing about is how much effort they see will be needed in the long |
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term. Even in the case where a developer with a conflicting point of view is |
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not willing to do the work now, the developer will argue for the point of |
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view as they can see themselves having to redo it later on anyway. |
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In the open source world, the driving theme is that there is often something |
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good enough to not require reinventing the wheel but, in the end, "if you |
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want a job done right, you've got to do it yourself." |
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Jason Stubbs |
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