OT: Fire Retardant Clothing should not be a requirement! was (RE: [ jEdit-devel ] No splash screen in 2.3?)

[Jeff D. <je...@du...>]

I may be out in left field on this, but I need to make a comment. Threads
like this have kept me quite on this list. This latest batch of bashing
fellow members for minor questions or comments gives me pause. It seems that
we extremely eager to attack each other here, instead of working in
cooperation.

I am VB consultant by trade and my work with Java, Python and Korfe will be
in my own time. It will also be on my own time table. I am afraid to do
anything for fear that it will launch a tirade of flames, because I sure
that I will make a mistake of some type. This is not exactly the incentive
to gain additional developers or users.

If the goal is create an IDE that people will flock to then, this will need
to change. I expect that quantity of "newbie" or annoying questions will
only rise in the future. As such, we need to be much more tolerant of
individual mistakes or misunderstandings.

My last topic will be vulgarity of on this list. This does not convey the
professionalism that I'm used to. As consultant, I can not recommend this
list to clients, because this lacks professionalism. It leaves the
impression that this group does not have the intelligence to articulate
themselves. In turn, this reflects poorly on anyone who would recommend this
group.

All this leads to several questions for the group:

	* I am I mistaken in the goals of jEdit are?
	* Is this too much to ask from this group?
	* Am I off base?
	* Does anyone agree?
	* Should I just shut the hell up and leave?

Regards,

Jeff Duska