Re: Text processor

[Havoc Pennington <rhp zirx pair com>]

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Robin Miller wrote:

> Oy! I seem to have started a (rather gentle) flame war where
> I had no intention of doing anything of the sort. Please,
>

Naw, this isn't a flame war. c'mon. :-)
 
> The GNU/Linux problem, right now, is that when a mere user
> asks (begs) for a tool that fits a job, the developers
> instinctively respond with reasons why existing tools are
> adequate and/or with suggestions on how the user can change
> to fit the tools, rather than aking the users what tools
> they need.
> 

People are just trying to help, since it's really fairly unlikely that
anyone will write what you want just because you suggested it (though they
might write it because lots of people suggest it, or because they want the
tool themselves). So it's worth suggesting something but don't expect
someone to write back and say "OK, I'll write that now." People do think
twice before starting multi-month projects. :-)

You've started a discussion, and that will get people interested and
thinking about the issue. About the best you could hope for.

Havoc