Re: [gtkmm] combo incremental search

[Barnaby Gray <bee pickle me uk>]

On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 03:22:39AM +0200, Fredrik Arnerup wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:38:18AM +0100, Barnaby Gray wrote:
> > Stop trying to apply business logic to open source - you're not paying
> > for open source and there's no contractual obligation for anyone to
> > meet your demands. ;-)
> 
> If I may say so, I don't think your attitude helps the open source cause
> either. Just because you don't get paid is no reason for not being patient
> and diplomatic. I believe that if Temple Software is porting their stuff to
> Linux, then that alone is beneficial to open source development.

All I was trying to say is that there is often this misconception by
individuals that open source has some expectations of theirs to meet,
and any falling short is solely the responsibility of the
authors. Queries should never be phrased as demands, and phrases like
"The absence of this singular feature prevents me..." is never going
to endear you to the authors. I would tend to feel rather indifferent
to claims like these when people overstate them to build some kind of
self importance.

Barnaby