Re: about the garden

> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:19:53 -0600
> From: stuff@...
> CC: rosegarden-user@...
> Subject: Re: [Rosegarden-user] about the garden
>
> Jan has some valid points.
>
> Why so fast to dismiss criticism?
>
> RG was simply impossible to use for my work flow till I and others made
> some major code adjustments.
>
> I see this happen a lot in linux audio circles. Because it is open
> source developers tend to disregard user input (as negative as it may be)
>
> The issue is that a user comes in frustrated because the app is acting
> retarded, they express their frustrations and instead of trying to deal
> with the user, the story of the selfless open source dev gets pulled out
> and the issues are often not fixed.
>
> >From experience I can say some of my best coding results have come from
> listening to people who are angry with my software. Make them happy and
> you most likely will have a much better app for it.
>
> Jan, what sort of music are you trying to write?
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Rosegarden-user] about the garden
> From: Brian Clem <mrbrianclem@...>
> To: Jan Smith <selfclone@...>
> Cc: luisgarrido@..., rosegarden-user@...
> Date: 06/18/09 20:04
> > Jan,
> >
> > Your tone is not acceptable on this forum. I am speaking for only
> > myself, but I have learned a LOT from the people in this group.
> > Members have gone out of their way to help. You are speaking with
> > developers that have been working with Rosegarden since its
> > beginning. It is very amazing how they work to integrate ideas
> > without guile. They do not have R&D overhead. I would imagine that
> > most, or all, take this Rosegarden challenge as a 2nd job out of
> > love. Your vile arrogance is sickening. Why dont you put your 'big
> > boy' pants on and fix the freaking manuel if you can make it better.
> > I am sure your help would be appriciated... but I somehow feel you are
> > just about negativity and come here with an adgenda. You should leave
> > the way you came...
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Jan Smith <selfclone@...
> > <mailto:selfclone@...>> wrote:
> >
> > I was sure to get a reply like that, wasn't I, Luigi? Having
> > perfomed that function, thanks for fulfilling a role in the
> > partiture -- if you have something useful to say please do again,
> > Luigi.
> >
> > As I mentioned, those
> > "open-sores-are-free!!-so-just-don't-download them!!" argument are
> > worse than pointless -- they are misguided. Even if they seem to
> > be popular across "the tubes", they miss any point of criticiscm
> > (badly).
> >
> > As the most popular software turns to open source, I think we need
> > a different ethos...
> >
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