[haiku] Re: please keep non-GSoC comments out of these threads; was [GSsC] usermode Haiku or file system development
- From: Niels Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:43:17 +0200
On 9 April 2010 16:31, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jatsek,
>
> Jatsek Platsek wrote:
>>
>> Simon Taylor wrote:
>> *
>> *> Jatsek you need to be a little more careful when entering a community
>> > and insulting some of the long-standing contributors. Koki has a history
>> > of ruffling feathers, which I agree is not always a bad thing. Matt has
>> > done a hell of a lot of work on the Haiku Inc side of things.
>>
>> Simon, is it only me who finds what Mr. Madia did rude and impolite?
>>
>> My reaction was perfectly normal. I would do the same if he attacked
>> anyone else. It had nothing to do with the fact that he attacked Jorge,
>> who seems to share my point of view when it comes to so called 'focus'.
>
> What you are witnessing is Haiku's long-standing clique-driven double
> standard in play. If you are "in", you can get away pretty much with
> anything you say. But if you are "out", then you are subject to second class
> citizen status and thus are not supposed to speak up your mind; if you do,
> then be ready to be labeled an annoying person at the very list or to be
> totally chastised, insulted and other niceties in the worst case.
>
> That's why many people fear to speak up their mind here; everyone is always
> afraid that they may tick off the powerful. This is what enables the clique
> to have a monopoly that empowers them to put anyone that they don't like or
> agree with down and out. Like they have done with you, basically. :)
>
> Whether you are part of the clique or not does not depend on how much you
> contribute. The "you have insulted a long time contributor" argument that
> people bring up repeatedly to support the clique is a total fallacy. I am a
> long time contributor who has dedicated as much or maybe even more time to
> Haiku than Mr. Madia, but because he is part of the clique and I am not, he
> gets to insult me without anyone even raising a finger. You see the double
> standard, don't you?
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