Re: Software speech opinions

["John Heim" <jheim@math.wisc.edu>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert E. Sten-Clanton" <albert.e.sten_clanton@verizon.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: Software speech opinions


>> I would ask people spouting off in this thread to ask themselves what 
>> *they*
>> have contributed. It seems to me that a lot of people are making 
>> suggestions
>> for what other people should do or sell.
>>
>> Say the best thing to do is to move speakup into user space. How is that
>> going to get done? I guess we're all going to volunteer Kirk to do it. 
>> Eh?
>
> You seem to be saying that the mere users should keep their traps shut

I never said anything of the sort.

>.  In real life, a good majority of the people who use computers will know 
>little or nothing about how to fix the problems that arise.  Do you really 
>propose that these people, such as my wife, have no business complaining or 
>suggesting because they're not ultranerds?

Well, sort of, yeah. Pointing out problems is one thing. Complaining is 
another. And telling other people what they should do to solve your problems 
is yet another thing entirely.

But anyway, my main point was to suggest that people ask themselves what 
they've contributed to the open source community. Even if you're not a 
coder, you can write documentation, maintain a web site, etc.