Custom Partition Fedora 18
jonc
jonc at downfromthetrees.com
Tue Feb 19 00:12:48 UTC 2013
On 02/18/2013 07:06 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 02/18/2013 03:57 PM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>>
>> So your argument is that developers should focus on the feedback that is
>> rare to the point of non-existence instead of the feedback that is
>> arguable to be unreliable?
>
> Let me ask you two questions: first, should developers follow any
> support mailing lists or forums for their programs and second, if they
> do, should they identify themselves as such? As far as the first
> goes, I happen to think that they should because that's a good way to
> find out what the average user thinks and/or wants. I have no opinion
> on the second because there are (in my mind) equally good reasons both
> for being open about it and keeping quiet. It all depends, to me, on
> what the person in question wants.
I don't think you can take comments on lists or forums to represent the
opinions and experience of average users.
If developers want to join in and say who they are, I think that's
great. If they are *afraid* to tell users they are developers, that says
something ugly about those users.
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