Re: [tdf-discuss] Request: Installation Instructions

In data martedì 23 novembre 2010 10:21:08, Sveinn í Felli ha scritto:

> Þann þri 23.nóv 2010 02:17, skrifaði Michael Wheatland:
> > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Robert Holtzman<holtzm@cox.net>  wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:31:58PM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 02:28:54PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > > > > open to learning a *few* new things, it is extremely user friendly.
> > > > > There is, however, a segment of the population that actively resists
> > > > > learning *anything*.
> > > >
> > > > And that's a problem.
> > >
> > > I would say that's *the* problem.
> > > Bob Holtzman
> >
> > The message does not seem to be getting through here.
> > Simply: This type of personal criticism is unacceptable in the
> > LibreOffice community.
>
> Maybe this can serve as a warning; we should carefully hurry
> to put up more specialised communication channels (avoiding
> group isolation but still minimizing similar clashes). I see
> the argument made by Rene as somewhat valid - but only in a
> certain context.
> Which it is not on the [tdf-discuss] list but might be on an
> [tdf-devel-discuss] list (although some manners could be
> useful).
>
> It's quite surreal to see some power users/developers not
> seeing or refusing to see that the whole concept of the
> software in question IS a big metaphor: Office.
> And its users are using GUIs and other metaphors for
> handling the software; for even the most capable of them the
> CLI is at best scary.

+1

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