Re: [Anygui-devel] Disgruntled would-be user

[Laura C. <la...@st...>]

In a message of Fri, 09 Apr 2004 23:03:19 +0200, Magnus Lie Hetland writes:
>Thought this might interest some of you. I asked the sender to object
>if he didn't want me to post his message here -- I haven't heard any
>objections, so here you are.
>
>----- Forwarded message from terry <she...@ci...> -----
>
>From: terry <she...@ci...>
>To: mag...@he...
>Subject: Anygui
>Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:56:58 -0400
>
>So Magnus, did Anygui serve the Linux community in any way or was it 
>simply a self-serving effort to enhance your book/thesis? 
>
>I followed it for over a year hoping that someting substantive would 
>result - but all that happened was the typical intellectual exercise 
>that serve the originator and no one else.  You should be condemmend and 
>ostrisized by the Linux world for your pathetic intrusion.  You wasted a 
>lot of my time and those of others so that you could profit from it - 
>how typically American were you deeds.  I hope you have a relaxing time 
>along the canals, sipping your brew knowing that you enlisted others in 
>your cause when you were totally incapable, nor desirous, of any follow 
>through.
>
>I hope you have no intensions of 'contributing' to the Linux community - 
>it will be better off without half-assed efforts such as yours!
>
>terry
>
>----- End forwarded message -----
>
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How most 'american' is this whining.

'I didn't get the results I wanted, therefore, the learning that
we all did was not valuable.  you wasted my most sacred time on a
result i did not profit by'

'success is all that matters'

'oh how i hope to shame you by saying you are worthless, because
worthless to me, is the same thing as worthless to anybody'

MLH, what you have demonstrated, at worst-best is the courage to
fail.  You think that this is a still live project, and I think
that it has failed, and you all got my reasons as to why I think it has,
as to why it has none of my current attention.

What you did not get was what a pleasure and an honour it was to 
participate with you all on the bits that did work.  I learned a ton!
I now know exactly why weakrefs work, and use them in my work all the
time.

to hell with this moron.

creativity is best fostered in environments where it can take the risk
of failing.  being pleasurable to the peanut gallery, and being
admired, is of secondary importance.  

Laura