faq  flatforty  contribute  subscribe  configure  search  rdf  main  parent  thread	Re: A HUGE job indeed. by cm on Sunday 14/Aug/2005, @01:38 > You, and others, misinterpreted what I said as some sort of attack on somebody. In fact I didn't. I was pretty sure you did not *want* to attack anyone personally. I just tried to explain why people *did* take offense by pointing out the different possible interpretations. Obviously your own was not included, but that should make you think. > Now, we may have a few "professional software developers" people working on > the KDE project, but they are not working on KDE as their profession -- they > are doing it as their hobby Wrong, not all of them. There are several people I'd call "professional software developers" paid by Trolltech, SuSE, Eric Laffon and others to work on KDE, and some even full time. > If I had meant 'any' or 'all', I would have said that. Maybe my command of the English language fails me here, but to me a statement like "a sw dev would do this and that" is as general as "a sheep produces whool" or "rain is wet". Leaving little or no alternatives. What you said was understood as "If you were professional software developers you would see that this plan cannot work". I know that's not what you wanted to say, at least not consciously. > However, I do agree with this hypothetical person. Why do you construct that hypothetical person at all? It does not give your point any more authority than you already have. I think most people here know about your engineering background by now. So why not let your opinion stand on its own instead of resorting to hypothetical sw devs or engineers. Otherwise people *will* point out that there are sw devs and engineers who disagree with you and your hypothetical expert. > That is my point, and I wonder why nobody addressed the real point. That's what I was trying to explain. People may or may not be *over*-sensitive but it's not the first time this happens to you (and to few others as consistently I might add). I think you'd have a better chance to get your actual points discussed if you took that sensitivity into account.	Related Links  ·   Articles on Developer  ·   Also by cm  ·   Contact author Thread Threshold: 10 comments 20 comments 30 comments 40 comments 50 comments 60 comments 70 comments 80 comments 90 comments 100 comments 110 comments 120 comments 130 comments 140 comments 150 comments 160 comments 170 comments 180 comments 190 comments 200 comments 300 comments 400 comments 500 comments 1000 comments
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