Re: [Scid-users] Scid users : see you later !

[David P. M. <dav...@gm...>]

My humble opinion (and trying not to be too poetical), is that the one
which loses more here is Free Software (and Free Software users).

It's a pity.

Thank you for your efforts, Pascal.

Best regards,

David Paleo

2007/2/16, Aniket Basu <ani...@gm...>:
> Hello,
>
> I am sure Dr Kirby did not wish to prolong the debate in public, but
> there is no reason for him to grumble even to himself.
>
> If Pascal uses his code, why, imitation is known to be the highest
> form of flattery.
>
> There is no reason for Dr Kirby to be touchy about his code, and I
> think Pascal is also being a bit immature when he thinks that Dr Kirby
> is prolonging the debate. Dr Kirby wrote that to me. I am responsible
> for sending that reply to the whole group.
>
> I think both Dr Kirby and Pascal are doing good work, but are maybe a
> bit stressed out and overreacting to small things. But this is just a
> guess - based on my occasional misbehaviour with people when I am
> stressed out.
>
> I suggest both of them take it easy for a few days and spend time
> reading something like Jerome K Jerome's Three Men in a Boat or
> Bertrand Russell's The Conquest of Happiness, have fun, and make
> peace, and not do silly things like get off this mailing list.
>
> Keep up the good work, (email x work = constant)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aniket
>
> "Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of
> the fact. Perhaps their pride is like that of the fox who had lost its
> tail; if so, the way to cure it is to point out to them how they can
> grow a new tail. Very few men, I believe, will deliberately chose
> unhappiness if they see a way of being happy. I do not deny that such
> men exist, but they are not sufficiently numerous to be important. I
> will therefore assume that reader would rather be happy than unhappy.
> Whether I can help him realize this wish, I do not know; but at any
> rate, the attempt can do no harm."
>
> - Bertrand Russell in "The Conquest of Happiness"
>
>
> On 16/02/07, Christian Bartolomaeus <bar...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hi Pascal,
> >
> > I tried to follow the joyless discussion of the last days and must say
> > that I'm really sorry that it went as it went.
> >
> > * On 2007-02-15 pgeorges (pas...@fr...) wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > As said before, I code for 3 reasons :
> > > - add the functionalities to Scid I want to use;
> > > - have fun doing it;
> > > - share with others my work.
> > >
> > > With Kirkby around on this Scid mailing list, the last point is no
> > > longer enjoyable, so I'll stop it. I stop sharing with others, and will
> > > even consider leaving this mailing list to stop getting "this crap from
> > > him" (and these terms are not from me, but from an user of Scid).
> >
> > I'm sure you area fed up with this discussion and I'm afraid you won't
> > change your decision to stop sharing your work.
> >
> > But may I point out that David didn't sent his reply to Aniket to the
> > list? At least I didn't receive it -- I just received the answer from
> > Aniket citing Davids answer.
> >
> >   228   L Feb 14 Dr. David Kirkb (0,7K) x  tq>Re: [Scid-users] Takeover den
> >   229   L Feb 14 pascal.georges1 (1,2K) x  tq>
> >   230   L Feb 14 Dr. David Kirkb (0,8K) x  x mq>
> >   231   L Feb 14 Aniket Basu     (4,0K) x  mq>
> >   232   L Feb 15 Aniket Basu     (7,4K) x    mq>
> >   233   L Feb 15 pgeorges        (9,7K) x      mq>[Scid-users] Scid users :
> >
> > Re-reading the thread carefully I really have the impression that
> > David intended to stop the public debate.
> >
> > Just my two cents.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Christian
> >
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