Richmond, rudeness and commercial enterprise

James Lewes jameslewes at comcast.net
Mon Aug 18 12:52:25 EDT 2003


I would like to put my three cents in.

I have never found the folks at Revolution, or on this list, to be 
rude, selfish or unhelpful. So I am always amazed when people seem to 
get upset at them. We should never forget, that compared to Adobe, 
Macromedia, Microsoft or Apple, Revolution are a cottage industry 
located in a digital croft. Despite this, compared to  Adobe, 
Macromedia, Microsoft or Apple the folks at Revolution are doing their 
best to produce a product that is not only cross platform, but which 
responds to all our needs.

I know this does not specifically respond to any of Mathewson's 
critiques of the company and it's product, but I would like to not in 
closing that the reason aid workers had to go to Ethiopia in the first 
place was because the most productive farmland there is actually 
controlled by European agribusiness concerns, so the Ethiopian forced 
into having to beg for handouts had every right to get pissed off.

James

On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 01:12  PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Mathewson wrote:
>
>> Yes, Alex Rice, you are quite right: my message is
>> extremely rude!  I did not enjoy writing it...
>
> Then why put yourself through that?
>
> If your major were in communications that style would carry you far, 
> but
> only if you want a job in American foreign policy negotation.  ;)
>
> ...
>> 1.  If RR is a commercial enterprise then it might like to
>> consider rewarding developer contribs: the idea of FREE or
>> not FREE can work in both directions.
>
> Perhaps it might.  Had you considered writing a brief professional 
> request
> to RunRev directly before napalming the list?
>
> Or better, since your school is deriving value from Rev and your good 
> work
> with it, might they find a way to finance a US$79 license?   They'd be
> supporting the local economy at the same time.
>
>> 2.  Rudeness.......I remember hearing about some aid
>> workers in Ethiopia who gave out free orange juice to
>> children: the parents would come and help the aid workers
>> in a variety of ways.  Suddenly the aid workers started
>> demanding money for the juice - one of them was killed by a
>> prent of one of the children who had previously recieved
>> juice.
>
> The privilege of obtaining higher education at a good university is an
> unimaginable dream for the sort of person your anecdote describes.
>
> While the choice of pursuing upward mobility through such a degree does
> carry its share of temporary hardships, bringing that story into the
> conversation trivializes the abject poverty of the third world.
>
> Nearly half of the world's people live every day of their short lives
> without enough to eat.  Some of these people are here in the States, 
> and
> perhaps some in your community as well.
>
> I'll wager that even the most resource-strapped university spends more 
> on
> catering a reception for a visiting lecturer than the cost of a Rev 
> license.
> Perhaps the business school could do a quick ROI calculation for the
> purchasing department....
>
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