[linux-audio-dev] Re: Behringer

[Jan Depner]

On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 00:15, Dave Robillard wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-01-12 at 19:00 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> > That was a joke Marek. That's why it had the little smiley thingy on the
> > end ;-)  As opposed to Dave's talking about people's ignorant ideas.
> 
> My, you seem to have quite the problem with my use of the word ignorant.
> 
> First off, I didn't call anyone ignorant, so I fail to see what was
> "insulting" about it.
> 
> And the idea that closed driver support is better than no support
> completely ignores immediate negative consequences, and more importantly
> disasterous long-term consequences.
> 
> It's a short-sighted and narrow-minded view, that clearly shows someone
> hasn't actually THOUGHT about the issue at all, other than "gee, I want
> this card to work in my computer".
> 
> That would be sufficient enough to brand it "ignorant" as far as I'm
> concerned.  Sorry for not candy coating it to make you feel all warm and
> fuzzy inside.  The purpose of my email was to make a point, not make
> everyone who reads it feel really good about themselves.
> 
> Anyway, do us all a favour and try to keep the discussion on topic,
> rather than sliding in useless inflammable nonsense like "you're
> insulting and rude and blah blah blah".  If you think that the opinion
> isn't ignorant, SAY WHY, don't just bitch and whine about me hurtings
> people's fragile feelings - it's a waste of time.
> 

    I did say why.  I just expect people to behave in a professional
manner.  If you're not capable of that then I'll quit discussing things
with you.

Jan