On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Ken Springer <snowsh...@q.com> wrote:
> Hi, Jürgen, > > Interspersed reply... > > > On 10/24/13 1:01 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > >> 2013/10/24 Ken Springe >> >> Not professional ? Right, don't use it then. >> >> >> Not sure how you feel, so no reply. >> >> He's serious, and so am I: if you want "professional" software and think >> LyX is not professional (or if it does not fit your needs for other >> reasons), don't use it. Sine ira et studio. That's a perfectly sane >> decision. >> > > I'm afraid both you and Vincent misunderstood Rich's original post, and > mine, and possibly missed Rich's reply news://news.gmane.org:119/**CAKh=** > ax83KK2GzK7uRwhnLUo2NBaixxV6JV**DVYvswTeJYF3Frhw@mail.gmail.**com<http://news.gmane.org:119/CAKh=ax83kk2gzk7urwhnluo2nbaixxv6jvdvyvswtejyf3f...@mail.gmail.com>and > my reply news:// > news.gmane.org:119/**l49pp7$t0u$1...@ger.gmane.org<http://news.gmane.org:119/l49pp7$t0u$1...@ger.gmane.org>where > we think we made it clear our comments do not apply to LyX, but the > community as a whole. > > Regarding my reply to Vincent's, "Not professional ? Right, don't use it > then.", it's simply an issue with text only based communication, where > there are multiple ways of interpreting what has been written. Regardless > of the native language of the writer. > > I could have read his reply as being light hearted, friendly, as "Well, > OK, don't use it." Or I could have read it as "OK, A$$hole, go f**k off!" > Or, the feeling behind the words could be something in between. With such > a short reply, and no indicators such as smilies to let me know the emotion > behind the comment, I don't know how Vincent feels with his reply. > It was this part that made me a bit angry indeed: >>You do understand that a lot of open-source software, including LyX, is >>developed by *volunteers*, do you? > > I do, but that's no excuse for being nonprofessional in what you are trying to do > We do our best, but it's just not possible to be professional when there is only a handful contibutors who need to find some spare time to maintain a project like LyX. > Just to be clear, Rich and I have indicated our general comments were not LyX specific. A lof of the "general" comments also do apply to LyX, so it feels a bit as being critized, even though you say they are not LyX specific. Last remark: Welcome to LyX as a new user ; Vincent
