Re: [SAGE] Re: Official sudosh announcement

[Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org>]

At 12:59 PM -0400 2004-10-01, Brandon S. Allbery quoted Doug Hanks:

>>  I see your attitude is just as worse as Bill's if not worse.  I'll
>>  assume this isn't the general attitude of SAGE?
>
>  If disagreeing with anything you say counts as "attitude", I think
>  you'll find we all have it.  Most of us expect constructive criticism;
>  it helps us improve what we do.

	The problem is that both Bill and Adam were not that constructive 
in the way they presented their criticism.  Yes, they had valid 
points.  But their reactions were pretty much universally negative 
and did not acknowledge the positive aspects of the work.

	They could just as easily acknowledged those positive aspects, 
and then pointed out that some additional work was required, and then 
perhaps specified what that additional work was.  Several other 
people on this thread have done exactly that.


	I guess we've all gotten up on the wrong side of the bed lately, 
because I've had this problem myself within the last couple of days, 
which is why I am now particularly sensitive to this issue.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org>

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     Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755

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