<chuckles> In a study of basic criminality, the lack of Empathy
is a
major precursor to abusive behavior, of any form. Put that one in your
pipe and smoke it. Aggression is a one sided relationship where my goals
are of 100% importance and my relationship value of you is 0%.
Just to set the record straight;
Withdrawn is 0% personal goals, 0% relationship
Passive is 0% personal goals, 100% relationship
Assertive is 100% personal goals, 100% relationship
Compromise is 50% personal goals, 50% relationship
... so it's considered healthy to try to be properly assertive, but
everyone has a unique perspective, so you compromise settling for less,
yet getting World Peace. It's not hard once you become Borg with your
computer to objectify yourself and everyone around you... it shows up
even in user interfaces, as you both have noticed. Not friendly;
Do-it-my-way-I-am-coder-you-are-Borg. Been there, done that, have the
T-Shirt. It cost me. Not good. Not going back there again.
> >Linus is probably right, I should switch to KDE.
> I kind of tend to trust Linus Torvalds too. ;) And he's definitely
> right.
Linus is a classic study in proper assertiveness. He's a uber-geek
(personal goals) -and- he values people (values relationships).
> If there was ever a man that believed in freedom of choice, it's LBT.
> Both in proprietary and free software arenas. Free software without
> freedom of choice is still no freedom. You should never let "free
> software" ideology take away your freedom of choice. Linus understands
> that
Of course, people matter more to him than code. It shows and his is not
a bad example to follow. Bob Young and Mathew Szulik are both people
persons. I knew Bob from the Red Hat days and, when I got into a scrape,
he wrote me personally. When Mathew came onboard, he would "mother hen"
the whole team, checking up to see if you had what you needed and how
are you and how is your Mum? (sorry, stole that one from the Gecko!) but
you get the picture. Now Bob runs
lulu.com to enable and encourage
people to publish books, art and music on the web. I'm sure Mathew had a
hand in this Fedora thing. So, I stick with it and, even when things
screw up, I beleive their (RH) heart is in the right place.
***snip****
Ric, that was an excellent read. Thanks for posting it. :)
LX
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