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Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>:
>  The point being made is that you constantly refuse to listen.
>  You ask for an opinion, and when something comes back that isn't
>  what you expect, you run off and write something completely 
>  different just to appease some fabled Aunt Tilley, then come
>  back and say "Ok, how about now?".

I honestly don't undestand how this myth got started, Dave.

>From my point of view, I have been busting my ass trying to *extract*
requirements from Linus and other people with a stake.  What guidance
I get is vague and contradictory.  My proposals to address it get ignored.
Everything I do right gets written off and teensy side issues get 
inflated into monsters.

It's utterly maddening to hear people accuse me of not listening when
I spend so damn much effort trying to do what they want for so little
reward...
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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