On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 07:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> As far as documentation when you started learning X 10 years ago, this is
> what I have to say:
> 
> 1) only 10 years ago? I thought you found XFree86, but what about before?
> X11 was already out there, no ?  No matter...
> 
> 2) How many X-related man pages are there?  Include XFree86's, the
> original MIT pages, Sun's SGI's etc etc etc. Tons I have seen.
> 
> 3) How many X-related books have you seen on bookselves?  Plenty, right?
> Seen any DRI ? None!

I suggest you read up a bit about the history of the X Windowing System
before making such broad statements about it.

> As for sympathy for whiners: as you are so blind in your own hubris I will
> clarify it for you: today's newbies (me, others), are YOUR future. We
> are the ones that will carry your project if you get hit by a bus.  Do
> you care enough about your projects? Then think about us "whiners" who
> actually want to help, because we BELIEVE in your cause! Remember, 
> there's always the Dark Side, and we didn't align with it yet.

While I strongly disagree with your perception of David Dawes (I
consider him very competent and deserving a lot of respect for the hard
work he does for XFree86), this is just plain ridiculous and disgusting.


-- 
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

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