[haiku-web] Re: Fwd: [General] Interview With OSNews
- From: "Dennis d'Entremont" <dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:56:36 -0300
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Niels Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Morning,
>
> 2009/10/26 Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Niels Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry, but this is genuinely the worst decision process I have seen this
> year.
>
my apologies
> >
> > At least you can't blame Haiku, Inc for it ;)
>
> No :-) That's a relief!
>
> >> You should have passed on the message to haiku-development instead, to
> >> see who would have been interested, and then let them decide amongst
> >> themselves (with a bit of guidance with the marketing aspect in mind).
> >> 'Giving' the interview to the first one who came along just was a bad
> >> call.
>
I agree that I should have taken the initial advice I received and handled
this in a much better manner.
> >
> > We can still do that, I'm not desperate to do the interview. I was
> > just expressing my interest and didn't expect that to mean I
> > automatically would be the one interviewed.
>
> I know, that's what Dennis made of it. This message is a critique of
> how he handled this situation.
>
point taken
>
> > In general though I think you are overreacting.
>
> I admit that it is dramatic, but I am not sure I am overreacting.
> OSnews is a well-read news blog and many of the Haiku followers are
> there. This interview opportunity is a marketing opportunity, as it
> allows the project to toss a nugget at the people waiting for alpha 2.
> It is not just an interview. Now you may be the right person for the
> job, or you may not be, that's another discussion. The point I want to
> make is that that discussion needs to be held, as the discussion
> itself will generate insight in the direction of the answers.
>
My apologies for this. Should I forward the original message to
Haiku-Development myself, ask him to do it, or should someone else do it?
Thanks
>
> N>
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