<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/26/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sami Khan</b> <<a href="mailto:sami@etopian.net">sami@etopian.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Morbus Iff wrote:<br>>> If could figure out how to actually get of your lists<br>>><br>> > which I have tried a number of times I wouldn't be here.<br>><br>> I'd like to now request that you actually stay. It is apparent that your
<br>> wisdom and intellect is on a level quite different than anyone who<br>> should be using Drupal, much less consulting for it, and I anxiously<br>> await the next nugget you'll pass on. Don't leave us!
<br>><br><br>I think this whole thing has degenerated and kind of gone to where it<br>shouldn't have... I don't think that Kaliya meant to be offensive at<br>all, as she has helped with the community in the past as mentioned in
<br>her replies. It's just that she's from a different part of the community<br>which is less technical and I guess because of that, it's sort of at the<br>mercy of developers to help her sort through all the mess that goes with
<br>software development... and I think she's been burned by it and is kind<br>of bitter at the developer(s) and not at the community... </blockquote><div><br><br>Thanks Sami, <br><br>I think this reflects my experience accurately.
Thanks for reflecting. Generally the people here are great and I think
overal peoples intentions and hearts are in the right place.
Unfortunately. It didn't work out for me and I have a friend with a
startup who has been burned. <br><br>I think non-technical influencer's are critical and our
opinions matter - they have a strong user advocacy perspective. We are
also far more technically literate then regular folks and work hard to
communicate in meaningful ways to developers. We ask questions and seek
to participate and are not hanging around to be put down. <br><br>I have put down Drupal for now and my project that I was
working on. I am currently working on open standards in identity and
focused on how we can get interoperability between systems with SSO to
start with then people moving profiles and hopefully in a while social
graphs. HOpefully those of you doing drupal development can participate
where appropriate with your sites.
<br><br> Thanks.<br><span class="sg"> =kaliya<br></span><br>ps. if you
want to be a spelling nazi go ahead and ignore what I have to say but I
am not going to be quiet. I am dyslexic and do my best. Yes I
spellcheck my e-mails and sites and things still get through.<br><br><br> </div></div><br>