When is the next hobbit going to be released GRIPE
list Robert P McGraw
I recently ask this question and got a slap down from some people. I just ignored the response and wrote it off to %$*)*&&. I then saw the following on the wiki FAQ. Q. When is the next version going to be released? A. When it's ready, and not before. Now stop asking. It wastes Henrik's time answering this question. If he didn't have to constantly answer this question, the next version would be here sooner. I would like to say cut the shit and answer like civilized human beings and not geek assholes we are so commonly stereo typed as. To some the question might seem to be just another nagging email, but to me it was asked so that I could make some plans in my hobbit upgrade. Thanks Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Josh Luthman
It's not so much that people are trying to be geek assholes, it's just quite irritating to be asked the same question when there is 1) a FAQ and 2) mailing archives that everyone is asked to read instead of wasting everyone's time answering the same question again and again. If someone was slapping you every five minutes, you'd get annoyed. If someone asked you how much something cost when there was an enormous sign behind them answering their question, you'd get annoyed. Got that one from Clerks =) I've yet to see any responses here that are blatantly rude so not sure what level of rudeness you saw, but I do apologize in their stead.
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On 2/12/08, McGraw, Robert P <user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I recently ask this question and got a slap down from some people. I just
ignored the response and wrote it off to %$*)*&&.
I then saw the following on the wiki FAQ.
Q. When is the next version going to be released?
A. When it's ready, and not before. Now stop asking. It wastes
Henrik's time answering this question. If he didn't have to
constantly answer this question, the next version would be here
sooner.
I would like to say cut the shit and answer like civilized human beings
and
not geek assholes we are so commonly stereo typed as.
To some the question might seem to be just another nagging email, but to
me
it was asked so that I could make some plans in my hobbit upgrade.
Thanks
Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid
Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807
Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
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Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
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--- Henry Spencer
list T.J. Yang
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:39:08 -0500 From: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: [hobbit] When is the next hobbit going to be released GRIPE I recently ask this question and got a slap down from some people. I just ignored the response and wrote it off to %$*)*&&. I then saw the following on the wiki FAQ. Q. When is the next version going to be released? A. When it's ready, and not before. Now stop asking. It wastes Henrik's time answering this question. If he didn't have to constantly answer this question, the next version would be here sooner.
Hmm, looking at above sentence again, I think it is kind of offensive too for new comers.
I think the harsh tone in the original answer was trying to say we (hobbit community)
only have one dedicated developer(Henrik).
Should I phase it to a friendly tone( I did a copy and paste onto wiki for this answer) ?
tj
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I would like to say cut the shit and answer like civilized human beings and not geek assholes we are so commonly stereo typed as. To some the question might seem to be just another nagging email, but to me it was asked so that I could make some plans in my hobbit upgrade.
Thanks Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
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list Gary Baluha
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On Feb 12, 2008 11:42 AM, T.J. Yang <user-8e841282cda5@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:39:08 -0500 From: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: [hobbit] When is the next hobbit going to be released GRIPE I recently ask this question and got a slap down from some people. I just ignored the response and wrote it off to %$*)*&&. I then saw the following on the wiki FAQ. Q. When is the next version going to be released? A. When it's ready, and not before. Now stop asking. It wastes Henrik's time answering this question. If he didn't have to constantly answer this question, the next version would be here sooner.Hmm, looking at above sentence again, I think it is kind of offensive too for new comers. I think the harsh tone in the original answer was trying to say we (hobbit community) only have one dedicated developer(Henrik). Should I phase it to a friendly tone( I did a copy and paste onto wiki for this answer) ?
I think the wiki answer could use a little modification. Even just adding a
;-) at the end would make it seem less harsh.
In general, the wiki should probably be written such that there isn't
anything there that would make a non-technical manager frown away from
Hobbit (because it seems there are too many managers out there looking for
any case to replace Hobbit with an [inferior/overly complex] pay-ware
solution).