[Opensim-users] You Assholes lost our funding!

[James Stallings II]

Bravo Ralf, well done :)
Cheers
James

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Ralf Haifisch <ralf at ralf-haifisch.biz>wrote:

> Thom,
>
> there are some lessons you learn if you manage companys, projects etc.
>
> even if you e.g. reduce the headcount and that can´t be friendly - be at
> least politely.
>
> If you need to make clear words, do that - but expect your conversational
> partner to get realy pissed, there are cultures that are not to happy with
> to clear words.
>
>
> Besides that - basing a project on CVS/SVN daily product, you need to learn
> a bit about how development works.
>
> As a Project manager working with "hot unstable code" not getting your
> funding partner calm because of a one day glitch (whichever type) means,
> you
> have not to much experience in leadership - or realy the wrong partners.
>
> Using opensim as well includes some aspects of the lincense it uses, wich
> you seem not to have read up 2 now.
>
> personaly I think, after such an email you would get a single chance in a 4
> eye-talk, after wich you will send an apology or would have been fired.
>  See
> how friendly is opensource if you can call developer giving things for free
> "assholes" and continue making your money with their work ?
>
> Maybe even remember, that this emails are kept in various archives. Think
> about the impact.  If the owner of thomking.com will try to run projects
> in
> the 3D, and a potential customer does some research finding that style of
> communication...  the problem will be no april fools joke.
>
>
> Thom - learn a bit more about your business (risc acceptance is a possible
> method of risc treatment from the management view, so SVN may be ok.  Learn
> to teach other about your business plan, including your risc treatment
> plan)
> - or leave it.
>
> Don´t blame other for a lack of skills, prudence or you nervous customers.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
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>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 00:03:20 +0100
> From: "Thom King" <thomking at operamail.com>
> Subject: [Opensim-users] You Assholes lost our funding!
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
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>
>  I just found out our OpenSim-Grid-based project has lost our
>  funding because of some stunt you assholes pulled in the OpenSim
>  code.  You are despicable!  There is no possible excuse for what
>  you have done.
>
>
>
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