maemo.org - Talk - Just an observation

It is too bad this topic went downhill.

I suppose it is no surprise since all postings with the subject *Observation*no flames* are by definition flame-bait. If a forum poster writes an observation that isn't, it would not need a warning.

sapporobaby, understand that if you come over and pee on someones front lawn, they are going to get upset even though you *really* had to relieve yourself and did no material harm. It shows a lot of disrespect to a lot of people who have worked very hard to get to this point to say stuff like:

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While I am no fan of Microsoft, I have to agree that the "Open Source" communities that I see are a hodge-podge of hopes and promises with little or no substance behind it

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All in all I can appreciate much of the work done in the community but it seems to have no structure or no real zeal to finish things. I guess, I am old school in that I believe in finishing what you start.

I hope you have gleaned something from the non-offended responses but it appears you have not risen above the justifiably-offended responses. This forum thread deserves to be locked. Please don't start any more threads that carry warning labels and you will likely get friendlier responses.