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Ok. no more ellipses...what I was trying to share is an unhappy experience I had with the open source Linux community.

I am sure this will not happen on this Python Dev list of professionals.

Please ignore my comments.

From now on I will focus on contributing to Python (especially on a Windows platform) and not taking up valuable reading time.


Burkhard

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker@noaa.gov> wrote:

I'm really confused -- you had a handful of very positive responses to your offer to help with Python on Windows.

Then a couple off the cuff remarks (at least one of which was serious) about what is often known as "the bus factor":

But I think you may want to take into account the history here. This has been talked about A LOT in the Python community for years -- so we may be a bit blase about it. Note that Wikipedia's page on the bus factor:


"""An early instance of this sort of query was when Michael McLay publicly asked, in 1994, what would happen to the Python language if Guido van Rossum were hit by a bus.\[8\]"""

So this has been very, very well hashed out in the Python community.

And a quick look at the existence of this list, the messages on it, and the source repo will tell you that Python is in no way a personal project of one person. (not to mentions the PSF)

I think the lessons here are:

- don't be too sensitive

and, important for every open source community:

- your comments and questions will be taken far more seriously if you have done your homework.

-CHB


On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 4:54 AM, Burkhard Meier <burkhardameier@gmail.com> wrote:
Please do allow me to share my humble experiences of being a software professional on a Windows platform.

Almost 20 years.

You know what; when I tried out 'sugar Linux' or Peppermint,,,the "admin' dude kicked me out 5 times in one sole eve,

Maybe this is just \*me\*..

You know what: I did have my time with this \*open source community\*...

I was just asking a sincere question.

C'mon

This was rather very ridiculous.



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