[Asterisk-Dev] OT:Steven Critchfield

[Steve Totaro]

> When I joined the -users list and when SC was actively posting instead of
> lurking as he does now, I found his posts to be acerbic, rude, and
demeaning
> and he raised my blood pressure considerably. However, I also found him to
> be one of the most brilliant people on any of the Digium sponsored lists,
so
> now I feel privileged to get flamed by him.
>
> Hey, you have to admit, that his response to the thread in question here
was
> spot on and in a single, short, rude, paragraph he succinctly cut to the
> core of the issue. Like his methods or hate him, IMO he is one of the most
> single valuable contributors to the lists and I'm actually quite
> disappointed that he doesn't post much anymore.
>
> Far as I'm concerned Critch is all right and if he's ever in Canada I
would
> go out of my way to buy him a beer. The lesson is, don't take posts
> personally. There is no requirement to be cordial or accommodating when
> posting on the lists, just smart and well informed, both of which SC is
> eminently qualified for.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy McNamara [mailto:jj at nufone.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:20 PM
> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] Steven Critchfield
>
> Steve wrote:
>
> >Dont you have anything better to do with your life but put others down
and
> >make them feel like complete idiots? Sometimes you just act like a 10
year
> >old fat child that just found a piece of candy in his pocket.
> >
> >
>
>
>
> Perhaps the question is, don't you have something better to do than post
> off-topic crap to mailing lists?
>
> Obviously I don't have anything better to do.
>
>
> Jeremy McNamara


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