What is "Open Language"?

[Richard Gaskin]

Mark Waddingham wrote:

> On 2015-10-29 02:04, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> And you may have noticed the great job Peter Brett has been doing here
>> and elsewhere as the main community support leader within the company.
>> He's one of their newer hires, having been brought on board just a
>> little over a year ago, but he was hired not only for his Linux
>> expertise but also his deep understanding of and passion for open
>> source process.
>
> Just to correct you here as your statement is actually a huge disservice
> to Peter and the skills and knowledge he has.

Certainly not my intention.  I said only very positive things about 
Peter, and the ones I noted reflect my own personal experience with him 
in my volunteer role.  I'm sure like everyone he has many fine traits 
beyond the ones I've come to appreciate.  I ventured the description I 
did because it was nearly verbatim how Kevin introduced Peter to me, 
which has proven more than true in my associations with him.

Each of us has dimensions to our skills and personalities that go beyond 
what any single person they interact with can fully appreciate.  Frankly 
it's difficult to see how taking the time to write even an incomplete 
list of the many excellent traits Dr. Brett brings to the table is 
necessarily a "huge disservice".

Your additional background here is also good to know:

> He was brought on board because he showed a huge interest, ability, and
> depth of knowledge in aspects of software engineering for all the
> critical areas LiveCode covers and the necessary infrastructure it
> requires. Including but by no means limited to: programming language
> design and implementation, GUI toolkit architecture, build system
> engineering, continuous integration and test system construction,
> rigorous engineering process implementation, open source software
> communication and community engagement.
>
> I must confess I never take much stock in CVs in terms of choosing
> people for software engineering roles. A lot tend to be just lists of
> things which people *think* they know - I rarely find them to be in any
> way indicative of the knowledge people actually have. I always go by the
> technical questions they ask and whether they understand my answers -
> Peter passed this test with flying colours :)
>
> Warmest Regards,
 >
> Mark.

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  Richard Gaskin
  LiveCode Community Manager
  richard at livecode.org