http://blogs.gentoo.org/frilled?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:18:23 +0000 kojiro [Visitor] c18208@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ I'd like to say I disagree. I'd like to say it, but I'm not sure I can, because I'm not sure I get the point.<br /> <br /> Are you saying that we shouldn't be "box thinkers"? Show me someone who isn't, and I'll show you a bigger box.<br /> <br /> It certainly can be admirable when a person chooses to swallow his pride and to suppress his own opinion (for whatever reason, although such sacrifice frequently goes unnoticed).<br /> <br /> Unfortunately the "infighting" problem seen with mature open-source projects is not just a matter of differing opinions. It's a problem of rudeness. Animals fight to physically disable their opponents, but humans attack emotions (especially over the Internet, where the physical is inaccessible).<br /> <br /> In my opinion, competition is a good thing for society and has its place. For humans that place should be intellectual debates, sports and games. If your goal is to win the game, do all you can within the rules to win, but if your goal is to forward (say, for example) the Gentoo project, then don't beat down your opponent emotionally, because while that may make it harder for him to prove his point, it does nothing positive towards your goal.<br /> <br /> Wolf, I understand how frustrating it is to lose time with senseless fighting. If that's your point, then I wholeheartedly agree; however, not all fights are senseless. That's my point.
Are you saying that we shouldn't be "box thinkers"? Show me someone who isn't, and I'll show you a bigger box.

It certainly can be admirable when a person chooses to swallow his pride and to suppress his own opinion (for whatever reason, although such sacrifice frequently goes unnoticed).

Unfortunately the "infighting" problem seen with mature open-source projects is not just a matter of differing opinions. It's a problem of rudeness. Animals fight to physically disable their opponents, but humans attack emotions (especially over the Internet, where the physical is inaccessible).

In my opinion, competition is a good thing for society and has its place. For humans that place should be intellectual debates, sports and games. If your goal is to win the game, do all you can within the rules to win, but if your goal is to forward (say, for example) the Gentoo project, then don't beat down your opponent emotionally, because while that may make it harder for him to prove his point, it does nothing positive towards your goal.

Wolf, I understand how frustrating it is to lose time with senseless fighting. If that's your point, then I wholeheartedly agree; however, not all fights are senseless. That's my point.]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/frilled/2006/09/21/yeah_why_should_gentoo_be_different#c18208 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:48:41 +0000 autocrat [Visitor] c18204@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ Brilliant post, man! Well said.<br /> <br /> I dig your cynically inclined sense of meta-irony. (c8=<br /> <br /> Beers!<br />
I dig your cynically inclined sense of meta-irony. (c8=

Beers!
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