<span class="gmail_quote"></span>On 10/04/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joshua Ferraro</b> <<a href="mailto:jmf@liblime.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jmf@liblime.com</a>> wrote: [...]<span class="q"><br>
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Well, we can certainly take a vote on-list, I personally found your response<br> much more offensive than the PDF file.<br> <br></blockquote></div></span>I'm a not-very-technical librarian with an interest in the possibilities Koha offers to ill-funded specialist libraries like the ones I'm associated with. I find such talk as this "Linked libs: -lexslt -lxslt -lxml2 -lpthread -lz -lm -lsocket -lnsl -lsocket -lnsl -R/usr/sfw/lib -L/usr/sfw/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lsocket -lnsl -ldl" rather scary, because I don't understand it. <br>
<br>However, I also find an aggressive tone on an internet list scary, because I do understand it. A list is a delicate ecology. Anyone who has been on more than a few lists will know how easily people can be driven away and a list wrecked by the insensitivity of a few. There are confronting ways to make criticisms, including legitimate ones, and the web seems to amplify the harsh tones. There are also more delicate ways to make the same points. It is to the benefit of all to choose the second. <br>
<br>I support Joshua in this. The more knowledgeable people on the Koha list are extraordinarily helpful to those of us who are less expert, and I think all of us have reason to appreciate their expertise and generosity. If someone needs "education" in netiquette, there are graceful ways to do it. Let's just keep the temperature down.<br>
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