Re: PDF Problem

[Aaron Andrew Hunt]

Hello Mr. Kastrup.


> People like you seem to confuse the concept of "polite" with  
> "servant".

Ah yes, people like me. People who confuse concepts. People who are  
not as brilliant as yourself.

You are illustrating my point exactly, Mr. Kastrup.

You presume to know who I am, what I do, and what my motivations are,  
and you insult in your opening sentence  ...

> Add to that the rather open insinuation that programmers are inferior
> beings that should be naturally serving their "normal" superiors, and
> you are placing yourself in a position where hypocrisy is the
> overwhelming message.

No, you insinuated that totally mucked-up interpretation yourself,  
friend. I happen to be a programmer.

> Anyway, your rephrase is not to the point.  If you insist on being  
> rude
> and off-putting (namely a "Complete A-Hole"),

No, I am not being rude and off putting by giving you my  
interpretation of a document (from a developer's point of view, mind  
you) which appears to be written specifically to instruct people who  
would normally expect other people to be polite to buy into the idea  
that programmers are on some other level which excuses them from the  
obligation to be polite, e.g. gives them a license to be complete a- 
holes.

> you could at least reflect
> the essence by paraphrasing this "How to address Complete A-Holes  
> if you
> intend to make them do work for you".

I don't make Lilypond developers work for me. I don't even use  
Lilypond. I am a music software developer, with my own projects to  
occupy me, who wants to keep abreast of what the Lilypond team is up  
to. I have *never* asked a Lilypond developer to do anything for me  
for free. *I have offered to hire* Lilypond developers in the past to  
do specific things I would like to have Lilypond do, and those  
developers have told me they are too busy, which is fine.

But your last point is very funny, and relevant for those people who  
*do* expect developers (who may or may not act like a-holes) to do  
everything for free. I sure don't. Never have.

AAH