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Subject: Re: CFS/ME New Year
From: "Robert Stevenson Neasham" <robertneasham () gmail ! com>
Date: 2007-12-30 9:01:33
Message-ID: 53e390ba0712300101r14ba1b34h40afa3d750be80c9 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Dear James:
Don't give up! The KDE Project is very important to the students of the
future.
Mr. Robert S. Neasham Jr.
PO BOX 11 Saphan Mai PO
Saphan Mai District
Kate Bangkhen
Bangkok 10221, Thailand
email: robertneasham@gmail.com
On Dec 29, 2007 7:15 AM, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> wrote:
> This is not about some new software acronym.
>
> That is: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
>
> Google knows all about this if you are interested.
>
> I have suffered from this for some time but have been considerably worse
> for most of 2007. I mentioned this casually last month and one of the
> developers wrote me a thoughtful message and suggested that I keep it to
> myself.
>
> I am involuntarily retired because of the illness. I thought that I
> could, despite being ill, contribute some of my knowledge and experience
> to the KDE project. But, it has become obvious that this is not possible.
>
> A few people that used to contribute to the KDE project have contacted
> me in private to reassure me that it is the KDE developers and not me
> that has the problem. To some extent this is true. I have observed
> other people being attacked and ridiculed for simply expressing their
> ideas or opinions. This is not a good way to run a project.
>
> There seems to be a lot of ego in this project and it seems to be a
> clique. For both of those reasons developers seem to feel the need to
> turn what should be reasonable discussions into pissing contests and I
> freely admit that when it starts to go that way that I try to win the
> contest.
>
> Because of my illness I have a tendency to make a lot of errors and
> sometimes I simply think things wrong. Still my ideas are good and some
> of them might be useful if I was able to explain them. But, that isn't
> the case. Developers have ego's and they don't want somebody else's
> ideas even if they are good ones. People seize on my mistakes and use
> them to ridicule me rather than trying to understand what I have to say
> and discover if there might be something useful in what I am saying.
>
> So, I have reached the conclusion that I am not going to be able to
> contribute to the KDE project any longer. I am very sad about this.
> But, I see no other choice. It is obvious that many people don't want
> me to work on the project and now they will have their wish.
>
> In closing I note that I have very much enjoyed working on the project.
>
> --
> JRT (James Richard Tyrer)
>
> >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to
> unsubscribe <<
>
--
Mr.Robert S. Neasham, Jr.
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<div>Dear James:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Don't give up! The KDE Project is very important to the students of the \
future.</div> <div> </div>
<div>Mr. Robert S. Neasham Jr.</div>
<div>PO BOX 11 Saphan Mai PO</div>
<div>Saphan Mai District</div>
<div>Kate Bangkhen</div>
<div>Bangkok 10221, Thailand</div>
<div> </div>
<div>email: <a href="mailto:robertneasham@gmail.com">robertneasham@gmail.com</a><br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 29, 2007 7:15 AM, James Richard Tyrer <<a \
href="mailto:tyrerj@acm.org">tyrerj@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: \
#ccc 1px solid">This is not about some new software acronym.<br><br>That is: Chronic \
Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. <br><br>Google knows all about this if \
you are interested.<br><br>I have suffered from this for some time but have been \
considerably worse<br>for most of 2007. I mentioned this casually last month \
and one of the<br>developers wrote me a thoughtful message and suggested that I keep \
it to <br>myself.<br><br>I am involuntarily retired because of the illness. I \
thought that I<br>could, despite being ill, contribute some of my knowledge and \
experience<br>to the KDE project. But, it has become obvious that this is not \
possible. <br><br>A few people that used to contribute to the KDE project have \
contacted<br>me in private to reassure me that it is the KDE developers and not \
me<br>that has the problem. To some extent this is true. I have observed \
<br>other people being attacked and ridiculed for simply expressing their<br>ideas or \
opinions. This is not a good way to run a project.<br><br>There seems to be a \
lot of ego in this project and it seems to be a<br>clique. For both of those \
reasons developers seem to feel the need to <br>turn what should be reasonable \
discussions into pissing contests and I<br>freely admit that when it starts to go \
that way that I try to win the<br>contest.<br><br>Because of my illness I have a \
tendency to make a lot of errors and <br>sometimes I simply think things wrong. \
Still my ideas are good and some<br>of them might be useful if I was able to \
explain them. But, that isn't<br>the case. Developers have ego's \
and they don't want somebody else's <br>ideas even if they are good ones. \
People seize on my mistakes and use<br>them to ridicule me rather than trying \
to understand what I have to say<br>and discover if there might be something useful \
in what I am saying. <br><br>So, I have reached the conclusion that I am not going to \
be able to<br>contribute to the KDE project any longer. I am very sad about \
this.<br>But, I see no other choice. It is obvious that many people don't \
want <br>me to work on the project and now they will have their wish.<br><br>In \
closing I note that I have very much enjoyed working on the project.<br><font \
color="#888888"><br>--<br>JRT (James Richard Tyrer)<br><br>>> Visit <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub" \
target="_blank">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> to \
unsubscribe <<<br></font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- \
<br>Mr.Robert S. Neasham, Jr.
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