[Fwd: [Fwd: Re: [kde-artists] NEWS flash from GNOME. :-D]]

[JRT]

Bram Schoenmakers wrote:
> Op donderdag 31 mei 2007, schreef JRT:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> Sorry to post something controversial to the list.
>>
>> I think that new people should know what they are getting into.
>>
>> And to say that the greatest improvement that KDE-Quality can make in
>> KDE is to somehow change the attitude of the core developers.
>>
>> The complete thread is on KDE-Artists.  You can try to figure out how
>> what started as my posting something that I found amusing -- it even has
>> a funny title -- degenerated into personal insults from TR and AJS.
>>
>> This is not the attitude of the leadership of a project that I want to
>> work for.
>>
>> Why does a project ask for more participants and then abuse those the
>> show up when they try to help?
> 
> However I really disagree with the tone of some messages in that particular 
> thread, I don't think it's fair to say something like that about all (core) 
> developers. This is an unfortunate incident, not a common practice. 
> Therefore, your statements here pissed me off for a bit ("I think that new 
> people should know what they are getting into.").

I assure you that this isn't an isolated incident.  But then, how many 
times do you need to be called an idiot and asked to leave before you 
get rather upset about the matter?

-- 
JRT