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List:       kde-freeqt
Subject:    Re: [freeqt] Thanks for the good work, but I am leaving...
From:       Carl Thompson <cet () elinux ! net>
Date:       1998-11-26 14:59:00
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Remco Treffkorn wrote:

> ...

> What disgusts me is that now everybody wants to be the boss
> of the five peons who actually were doing the work. If you
> want to alienate the productive people who actually created
> harmony, you are doing a good job. If you want to look
> like raving fools, you are doing a good job too.

It was never my intent to be "the boss" of anyone.  I was simply trying to
point out why Harmony should continue.  Sometimes the doers in a project are
so busy doing that they aren't able to step back and see how their work
affects the community as a whole.  I succeeded in pointed out some
possibilities that perhaps hadn't been thought of, therefore I'd like to
think that my messages were part of the "signal" rather than the "noise."  I
would think that even the "peons" doing the work that don't agree with me
would say that I have added relevant content to the discussion.  Perhaps I
am wrong?

Anyway I would like to apologize to any and all Harmony developers who feel
that I have not added anything worthwhile.  I hope they understand that I
was only trying to help.

> ...

> Well, maybe I am just one of the idiots who thinks only people
> paying taxes should have a vote.
> Maybe this is just a bad dream...

I may not have contributed to Harmony, but I have contributed a bit to the
Free Software community (perhaps even more than you).  Since many of the
people here and in the related KDE project want KDE to become the desktop
standard for all users including me I believe I should be able to voice my
opinions.  I have not said that I deserve a "vote," but I would like the
opportunity to persuade those that do.  Remember, it's "Free" Software as in
"Free Speech."

> ...

> If you want to flame me, do it to my e-mail. No need to keep
> otherwise productive people busy with trash.

Again, I do not believe pointing out relevant possibilities is "trash." 
Since you yourself have admitted that you have not contributed in any way, I
do not see what gives you the right to tell me how I should contribute.


Thanks for the comments,
Carl Thompson

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