22 Dec
2015
22 Dec
'15
7:29 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 06:55:18PM +0100, Louigi Verona wrote:
Thanks for your feedback, Fons.
I actually approached it differently. To me the important thing was not to
"quote Fons", but to quote something that I observed as a common sentiment.
Next time I will rephrase it, I have no intention to quote you specifically.
But you did, presenting my words in way that made them look hilarious and
you audience ask 'who wrote *that* ?!".
You mention that the first part (I assume the first
sentence in the
paragraph) is part of the wider discussion. I have read that discussion
and actually have participated in it.
You and I know the context, and hence how to understand what I wrote.
Your audience doesn't.
You then mention that 'the right ones' is in
single quotes. Can you
expand on what those quotes mean?
They suggest strongly that I think that something like 'the right ideas'
may not even exist. That there may be different and incompatible ways of
doing things, and that consequently a developer and users may disagree
without either of them being right or wrong.
Ciao,
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)