Hi Harry, as I red your email, my first impression was, to take up the cudgels for Thomas and will told you, that this posting hasn't belong on a public board. But anyway, you've done it, so I add one's two cents ...
Yes, Thomas is sometimes abrasive, shortspoken and, if the other doesn't rtfm and ask his question the 26th time he becomes angry. But he answers every question, gives constructive feedback and is the most time friendly with a complete own british humor. He works most time alone on the forum, checks in about 80% of fixes and code and, sorry, I red the fvwm list for ages, too, 90% of the answers are ok from Thomas. Btw, if you want know more about Thomas try google (thomas adam fvwm). Then you'll find his page (http://www.xteddy.org/) where he describes more than other people would say about themselves ... Best Regards, Thomas aka TF -- Life is like a box of chocolates - never know what you're gonna get. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: "Harry portobello" <[email protected]> Gesendet: Aug 31, 2011 1:17:47 AM An: [email protected] Betreff: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email >Hi all, > >I've been reading the fvwm list for ages and recently subscribed >because of the article I'm currently writing - so although I've not >been on this list very long I feel as though I am no stranger to it; >mail archives can be a great thing, even more since a lot of them are >made public. :) > >A few people have privately said to me lately that although they think >fvwm is a great program, they're not happy with the attitudes of the >most active maintainer, Thomas Adam. I won't be naming names, that's >not what's relevant here. But it's important to remember that words >are all we have in an email. There's no body language or tone of voice >to listen to. Sometimes the simplest of phrases might sound innocent >in person but take on a different meaning entirely when written down. > >Some of this admittedly depends on how well the reader knows the >person whose text they're reading; like anything if one reads >something as cheeky it's because they know the person well enough to >accept that's how they are. But that's not so often the case on >faceless individuals who collaborate on a project together, where the >only communication is email. > >Thomas, please give thought to how you phrase things because from what >I'm hearing you're endangering fvwm, scaring people away from >contributing. I hope that's not what you want - but it's the strong >impression I am feeling from certain replies. It's really important >that you stop and think about things because scaring people away just >isn't good enough. > >Maybe things would be easier if we (as a fvwm community) knew more >about you, for example. > >Harry > ___________________________________________________________ Schon gehört? WEB.DE hat einen genialen Phishing-Filter in die Toolbar eingebaut! http://produkte.web.de/go/toolbar
