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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: SKsh deficiencies
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Date: 8 Mar 90 22:43:51 GMT
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In <683@xdos.UUCP>, doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
>
>As to the basic issue: while it's true that it's in good form to
>be appreciative of people's efforts in the way of free software,
>some go too far with this. There's no reason in the world not to
>discuss both the good *and* the bad points of software, whether it's
>a nobly donated effort or not. Critiques are an important part of
>the design/implement/release/enhance cycle (or should be). See
>Edsger Dijkstra's classic ego-less programming paper. It's not doing
>these (admittedly noble) authors any favors to stick up for their
>ego's by tyring to suppress all critiques.

On the other hand, a posting that starts out with 'OK, you asked for it', and
goes downhill from there, is likely to be viewed as a mindless flame,
detracting from any valid content the posting might have. I haven't read
anything from him since that posting, because I summarily delete it when I see
his name.

-larry

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