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| Subject: | Re: http servers? |
| Group: | Mozilla-general |
| From: | Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo |
| Date: | 19 Dec 2007 |
squaredancer wrote:
> On 17.12.2007 17:09, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Peter Potamus
> the Purple Hippo to generate the following:? :
>> Gervase Markham wrote:
>>
>>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh, let me ask a question. I am a *user* of Mozilla products. I even
>>>> post problems on Bugzilla That I run into on occasion and even
>>>> suggestion for improvements (not how they are written but how it works).
>>>>
>>> Then you are not _just_ a user.
>>>
>>>
>>>> But I couldn't write a line of code. I even give tips so far as finding
>>>> Preferences settings for Mac people and others and other such.
>>>>
>>>> Am a I considered by definition that works to support Mozilla products.
>>>>
>>> That sentence doesn't parse, but if you mean "am I a member of the
>>> Mozilla community?", then the answer is Yes.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Am I considered as trying to help the cause of Mozilla Products? If not
>>>> Maybe I have no place in Mozilla and should just switch to something
>>>> else since it appears users are not welcome.
>>>>
>>> Of course, in so far that you are providing good support to users, you
>>> are helping and I welcome that.
>>>
>>> However, the universe of people in mozilla.support.* is not, sadly,
>>> divided into people who always help, and people who spend all their time
>>> having off-topic discussions. If it were, life would be a lot simpler.
>>>
>>> So, the more a particular person (not you specifically, anyone) does
>>> anti-social things like bloating support newsgroups with off-topic
>>> chatter, the more they force those who want the groups to provide a good
>>> support experience to make a choice - does their positive contribution
>>> outweigh their negative?
>>>
>>> And even if the choice is made that the positive does outweigh the
>>> negative, that doesn't mean that the negative behaviour is to be ignored.
>>>
>>> IMO, anyone who has the best interests of the project at heart will want
>>> to provide a good support experience in the mozilla.support.* groups -
>>> and so will want to try their hardest to make them as welcoming and
>>> accessible as possible, including limiting off-topic discussion.
>>>
>>> Does that help answer your question?
>>>
>>> Gerv
>>>
>> backtracking and flip-flopping again, aren't you? One minute
>> you say that those who are part of the community are those
>> working on the code and supplying bug reports. And that
>> comment was directed right at me. Now, you're saying if we
>> provide support to users, then we're part of the community.
>>
>>
>
> Wrong, Peter.... *VERY WRONG*
> gerv's words were "working *ON THE PROJECT* " - very differenf from
> the description "Mozilla Community"
>
> reg
Oh, you're right, sorry 'bout that
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