Re: Thanks, and a Brief Survey

[Stone Mirror <lefty shugendo org>]

On Jan 19, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Stormy Peters <stormy peters gmail com>  
wrote:
> Personally, I think we are delighted that they decided to use GNOME.  
> We aren't praising the proprietary software but expressing happiness  
> that they have decided to use free software that we have developed.
>
> My impression is that the community is delighted when the Nuvo  
> Garmin or Supersonic Imagine use GNOME technologies.
>
> I think we gain more by being excited and asking them to join our  
> community, meet us, learn more about free software, etc than if we  
> temper it down. When you praise someone that's learning something,  
> you don't say "that's ok but it'd be better if ...", you say "that's  
> great! nice job!" And then the next time you say "how about if you  
> try xyz this time?"

I strongly agree with all of the above.

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