-- Hi Dr. Klepp, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <off...@klepp.biz> [2011-09-01 09:19:16 +0200]: > > You may like it or not: This list is professional. >
Agree in general, but there have been occasional excursions. >From time to time, I've participated in (and occasionally chaired) various professional working groups with technical mailing lists similar to this one (IEEE 802, ancient CCITT). Some of the sarcastic/dogmatic language that has occasionally been encountered on the FVWM list would probably have raised hackles in those venues, and resulted in chastising of the moderator by the chair. > > If you look for tender loving care you will not get it. > That's right; this is a technical forum, not a place to come for warm and fuzzy peer approval. But there's another point to be made here, and I hope you'll hear it. Most people coming to this list are doing so to have problems solved; and for those people, if they encounter a bit of Thomas' occasionally abrasive language during that process, well that's just too bad. Just as you said, TLC isn't on the menu here. It's the price one pays for having received Thomas' technical attention and assistance. Thomas is who he is, a bit of a curmudgeon sometimes, and if you want his usually excellent help, you have to accept this. On the other hand, someone coming to the list with an eye toward contributing has a bit of a different view. They must ask themselves: Do I want to work on a regular basis with a person who, even though they may be a lovable curmudgeon, nevertheless has a penchant for dogmatically judgemental, pedantic behavior? And do this on weekends and spare time because we enjoy it? :) The answer in my case was "probably not". But Thomas and I are trying to figure out a way to turn that around, at least partly. Let's see what happens. Glenn
