[ros-general] Wait a second...

[jwalsh at bigpond.net.au]

Sorry, Wesley.
But all Maxims (an adage is merely that) of behaviour, good or bad, are unreliable. They are mostly to be found on desk calendars or on fridge doors.
I call them Fridge Magnetisms.
Whatsmore they can never be taken as Law; they actually contradict the term Law.
Such adages can, under certain conditions, even be utter nonsense like:
WYSIWYG, "The best way to predict the future is to invent it", "Power comes from the barrel of a gun", "suck it and See". 
Or be quite sensible like: Keep It Sweet and Simple", "what goes up must come down".
However I do agree that delivering something to argue over is better than empty theory. So please keep making your point.
Both sense and nonsense are necessary (necessety  ~ law) part of our human makeup.
They must live together: but in two houses with a tall fence between.
Why not then, create two categories of ros-general according to the law of:
Theory and
Practice.
Perhaps it already exists? 
An old man like me does not want to spend the rest of his life arguing with the young, but merely be nearby to lend a bit of advice now and again (behind a tall fence).
For what it is worth.
Regards and rosucceed
Justin
 
---- Wesley Parish <wes.parish at paradise.net.nz> wrote: 
> Remember that adage of the Free and Open Source community?  "Code is Law"?
> 
> Meaning that arguing's not anything worth near as much as a good file of code.
> 
> Just my 0.02c (inflation - it's obvious ;)
> 
> Wesley Parish
> 
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:03, TwoTailedFox wrote:
> > I had exactly the same thought, Tim.
> >
> > Maybe that should be the 'ReactOS Motto'?
> >
> > On 10/16/05, Tim Jobling <tjob800 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I chime in even less than Richard, but I have to say I
> > > whole heartedly agree with his sentiment.
> > >
> > > Perhaps we should take a lesson from the early history
> > > of this project and get back to letting the code talk
> > > for it's self.
> > >
> > > Reactos started at with an "emphasis on results -- on
> > > written code rather than endless talk".  Famous words,
> > > I'm sure we have all read 100 times, but now seems
> > > like a really good time to remind everyone of them.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Tim Jobling
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Richard Campbell" <eek2121 at comcast.net>
> > > To: "ReactOS General List" <ros-general at reactos.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:49 PM
> > > Subject: [ros-general] Wait a second...
> > >
> > > > Now, i've been reading the lists the past few
> > >
> > > days...I may chime in from
> > >
> > > > time to time with my thoughts here and there, but
> > >
> > > for the most part i've
> > >
> > > > tried to keep my mouth shut.
> > > >
> > > > Lately however, there has been so much bickering
> > >
> > > going on.  Every thread
> > >
> > > > has been turning into a flame war.  Several
> > >
> > > developers have left, are
> > >
> > > > threatening to leave.  I think everyone needs to
> > >
> > > CHILL OUT for a moment.
> > >
> > > > There is so much argument over who should be doing
> > >
> > > what, what their
> > >
> > > > rights should be, etc.  There is no sense in this.
> > >
> > > ReactOS is supposed
> > >
> > > > to be a fun project, yet suddenly we are caught up
> > >
> > > in politics.  We
> > >
> > > > really need to find a better way of doing this.
> > >
> > > Flaming each other,
> > >
> > > > getting mad, threatening to, or in some cases
> > >
> > > leaving the project is NOT
> > >
> > > > the right thing to do.  What will end up happening
> > >
> > > is that the project
> > >
> > > > will slowly fade away into obscurity, and I for one
> > >
> > > do not want this to
> > >
> > > > happen.
> > > >
> > > > While I don't have any recommendations as to how to
> > >
> > > do this, i do think
> > >
> > > > that there is a solution, and i will be thinking
> > >
> > > about this over the
> > >
> > > > next few hours/days.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Richard
> > >
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