[WEB400] Re: XML, RPG, Web Services, Joe = Holy War was ->RE: Re : Modify the IE Browser

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) wrote:
> The skin that you are asking me to form shouldn't need to come about.  This
> is a community of people who genuinely care about whether or not somebody
> gets their broken program fixed or somebody that can't find the information
> that they have been searching for.  I don't spend 3 nights a week
> programming at home just so I can get rich (I haven't gotten a dime from my
> open source efforts), I think I have something to offer this group and from
> the responses I get a lot of people are thankful to me for taking the time
> to put stuff online.  
>
> It becomes really hard to justify that when you come in and throw your
> weight around.  I have no problem being questioned and I also have no
> problem admitting that I am wrong, but you are not immediately concerned
> about anybody except for yourself.  What I mean by that is the way you state
> things is completely inappropriate for somebody of your status.  I would
> expect screw ups from younger punks like myself but for crying out loud Joe,
> you claim that you have worked for all of these companies and developed all
> of these great things but you posses very little qualities one would find in
> a refined leader.
>
> Many of us respect your knowledge and we agree with a lot of what you have
> to say, but that is only part of the package.  Take a look at how the likes
> of Buck Calabro and Barbara Morris make their point and share their
> knowledge.  They do it with an incredible amount of patience and through
> reading many of their emails I have found their information to be very sound
> and  professional.  You will never find them teaching the masses with the
> inappropriate methods you have chosen.  It is easy to learn from leaders
> like that.
>
> If I need to be taught, TEACH ME!!!!!  If you can't teach then let somebody
> else do it, because there are many capable individuals on these lists that
> can!
>
> That is all I have to say,
> Aaron Bartell

Aaron: There's a technique commonly used in many on-line communities 
 called a "kill-file". I can personally attest that it can make 
your life much more pleasant.

;-)

Cheers! Hans