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He's a developer who doesn't feel like doing something. It's childish to expect him to do what YOU think he should be doing, isn't it? Why should he? It's hi
by iamnotacrook 7y ago
He's a developer who doesn't feel like doing something. It's childish to expect him to do what YOU think he should be doing, isn't it? Why should he? It's his project - he doesn't want to do it, doesn't have to, doesn't owe anyone anything? I don't get this at all. Shifting change in society's attitudes, maybe? It's not enough to take someone's work for free; now there's an obligation that he answers to a higher power - anyone with an internet connection?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago> He's a developer who doesn't feel like doing something. It's childish to expect him to do what YOU think he should be doing, isn't it? If we're being asked to care about this developer's project, then I don't think it is unfair at all to criticize. Let me see if I can explain where I'm coming from with a short play representing many, many real dialogs I've had and read in my years of computing: Evangelist: "hey, you should use this thing I made!" Me: "No, it doesn't seem to do what I want." Evangelist: "You don't really need that anyway..." Me: "No, I really do." <20 minutes of pointlessness later> Evangelist: "It's wrong of you to criticize all this hard work I've given you for free!" Me: "I didn't ask for it!" So maybe too many years of dealing with open source software evangelists has lead me to assume that anyone posting a project like this is doing so in this vein.