2009/5/11 Nicklas Börjesson Nicklas.Borjesson@ws.se:
From almost the first response, the tone was quite condescending
No.
and no one even considered if my ideas had any actual merit at all before slamming them completely.
Yes they did. You ignored their just criticism.
Also, because of this, the conversation was needlessly prolonged, to the obvious annoyance of all.
And the fact that you refuse to acknowledge critical responses.
This also applied to perfectly valid comments i made in the AppDB.
For example ...?
I haven't experienced such behaviour in an open source project for years. And I have, believe it or not, both participated in and, yes, managed a few.
Ever managed a project as big as Wine? In terms of number of developers, or sheer lines of code?
I would say that no matter how annoying I may have been to this thread, this is extremely counterproductive. In communities like this, where most people are involved for other reasons than money, it is even more important to treat others with respect.
Agreed. However, you have shown little respect for the people on this thread who have been critical of your suggestions. You believe you are right - there's nothing wrong with that - but your suggestion is violently different from what is currently being done - which is a system set up by the Wine developers for the Wine developers, and is attuned to what the Wine developers want and need.
I pride myself with always trying to keep a professional attitude in my communications.
If professionalism means never giving up, even when it has been *explained* to you why your idea won't work in practice, then you succeeded.
Not only with customers or management, but also my peers. I would like some of the participants of this thread to consider the damage they do to the wine project when they don't. Creating technology isn't all about technology.
One thread on the mailing list doesn't make the whole project (though I do see your point). However, it cuts both ways. You complain that no one has paid attention to your fantastically brilliant idea (when they have, they just don't like it); perhaps your idea isn't as brilliant as you think?
You have to treat valid critical response with the same respect as valid positive response.