At 2:49 PM -0500 2005-11-17, Kevin McCann wrote:
> For me, the most frustrating part is knowing that the time is not right
> for technical reasons but having to do it anyway because of political
> reasons (and, of course, the political reasons are borne from good
> intentions: helping the needy).
Indeed, that is extremely frustrating. One thing I've always
really hated is when bad technical decisions get made because of bad
political decisions. Long-term, that's been one of my biggest hot
buttons.
> I think we can get past this, too. In the end we're on the same team,
> even if our goals are a bit different.
>
> Admittedly, I responded as a frustrated person. See, I tried very hard
> to get MM3 funding to happen behind the scenes.
And I have to confess that I wasn't aware of the things you had
tried to do behind the scenes -- From what I read, it seemed to me
like you didn't know what was going on within the project and were
making unreasonable complaints.
With this irreconcilable difference between our starting
positions, I think the outcome we arrived at was at least somewhat
unavoidable.
> And when I saw someone on the list suggest
> that the quick solution is to wait for MM3,
I'd have to go back and check the exact wording, but I don't know
if it was intended as being the "quick solution". I think it was
intended to be taken as the "least slow" solution, in the overall
scheme of open source alternatives. But that's neither here nor
there.
> well, I guess I let my
> frustration show. :-( I do apologize for that.
And I was too quick to lump your response in with others that I
had seen in the past, and my response was harsher than it should have
been. I apologize for both of those mistakes.
> Nevertheless, I still want to help. Eventhough I'm no longer with my
> previous org. (or in international development at the moment), I still
> want to see solutions for the Dgroups and the Kabissas of the world who
> want to do good things for people who need a helping hand. So, when MM3
> gets moving, I'll be sure to listen in, try to learn what I can from the
> group, and offer anything that might be of value.
I think that would be very welcome. We each contribute in our
own ways, and it sounds like you've got some ideas and methods that
are relatively rare. Ideas which might help open further doors for
others, and allow them to be able contribute even more, better and
faster.
The frustrating part here will be waiting until we can make our
contributions.
> Sound fair? Are we good?
Yeah, I think we're good.
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