[linux-audio-user] a letter from ron parker

[R Parker]

Hi Russell,

I'm just getting in from a long day of work and read
your letter. Thank you for the reply. My enthusiasm
and appreciation for all things Linux audio is not
going to change at all. Well, I don't want to talk
about my position right now.

I'm sorry to hear about the car accident. I hope you
and your family are OK given the circumstances. I know
there isn't anything I can say to comfort you except
that I always read your posts on this list and
appreciate your contribution.

ron

--- Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan at starband.net> wrote:

> R Parker wrote:
> 
> >Hi Paul,
> >
> >Before I say anything depressing and express my
> >frustration, please take to heart how much I
> >appreciate what you're doing. Ardour is an
> incredible
> >accomplishment and I view it as an enourmous act of
> >generosity.
> >
> >I know you're trying to release 1.0 and start the
> >GKT2.0 port at the new year. I have had enough
> serious
> >problems with Ardour that I don't see how that's
> >possible. Maybe my perspective is very narrow and I
> >can't see beyound the issues that I run into. It's
> >just that I keep running into problems that are
> >intolerable to most guys like me (pro engineers).
> >
> >I have to share a personal frustration with you
> that
> >affects my attitude for trying to help with Ardour.
> >
> >Because I am not a developer nobody will ever know
> >that I have made a contribution. I feel
> insignificant,
> >overlooked or unappreciated. How can I say that
> when
> >everytime an issue arises you're there to help. 
> >
> >If a developer contributes a couple bug fixes, that
> >person recieves recognition by being listed in the
> >developers section of the About dialog. Yet their
> >effort seems miniscule when compared to mine. The
> way
> >I read this is if you're not a developer, then in
> the
> >Ardour world you're nobody. I don't know if there's
> >any other way to interpret this. From my
> perspective,
> >it seems accurate. Ultimately the result is a loss
> of
> >motivation.
> >
> >I'm glad Doug, aka Nostar, is around these days
> >because Ardour needs someone to discover, report
> and
> >request fixes.
> >
> >Maybe your reaction to this letter is "go blow
> >yourself." Given what I imagine to be your own
> >frustrations, I sure wouldn't blame you for
> responding
> >that way.
> >
> >There's a couple more things I want to say to
> express
> >my appreciation but I have to start my day.
> >
> >ron
> >
> >
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> Not to make light of this...clearly you have
> issue(s)...
> 
> If Paul's response was indeed "go blow yourself", I
> for one would think 
> the execution of that act alone would warrant
> noteworthy mention! And 
> photographs??? :) Apart from that I will not speak
> for an individual 
> whom is totally capable of responding himself...
> 
> I also saw your name mentioned on the Ardour.org
> contributors page in a 
> very favorable light; I'm not a pro audio engineer
> for revenue purposes 
> but I do let folks know when I think somethings
> broke! And MY name is 
> not mentioned anywhere?? Is the magnitude of
> importance of a 
> "Professional engineer" in this development stage of
> Ardour THAT much 
> more important than say ...just us little people
> that use it in live 
> performance settings for example? And additonally, I
> had not a clue who 
> you where or what you did. In my mind, that mention
> put you on my 
> map...for whatever thats worth. ( I may get a
> Million dollar grant one 
> day and ask you to spend it all on recording with
> Ardour....you don't 
> ever know)
> 
> I have always considered your comments and
> contributions here worthwhile 
> and credible and your demeanor appears professional
> at the least...this, 
> and forgive me if I misunderstand...I have just
> dealt with a major 
> vehicle accident in the family and been up all
> night...seems to detract 
> from that status...it is not my intent to judge.
> 
> Again, I am reminded of the awesome differences in
> Open source vs 
> others. Here, because no ones getting paid, there is
> no "you owe me pay 
> up son bitch" teeth to any circumstance so
> participants must deal 
> diplomatically....sort of the United Nations of
> software if you will. :) 
> Now it has been said the United Nations is next to
> useless...toothless, 
> whatever. I don't think so. Why?? Because EVERYONES
> opinion should be 
> considered important at some level so long as it's
> relevant to the topic 
> at hand.
> 
> Just food for thought. I'm going to bed!!!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> R~
> 



		
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