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On 3 August 2011 10:26, Alexandre Prokoudine

 wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:01 PM, James Morris wrote:

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>> Developers should develop software, end of.

>

> In an imaginary perfect world where there is no pain and death :)

>

>> A lot of free software is developed on a voluntary basis, because the

>> developer wants to, not because they're paid.

>

> Exactly. There is no rule that works for everyone.

>

>> You have no right to tell these developers it is their job to go chasing

>> government contracts.

>

> I think you got it entirely wrong. I was appealing to people who want

> to make a change.

Does "That means quitting the dangerous `I'm just a programmer'

attitude" really sound like an appeal to people in general to you?
Is it not surprising I instead interpreted it as a dig directed at

developers, insinuating them to be insular and stubborn?
(Which some of them probably are, but that's not surprising

considering the existence of bloggers).
> I'm all for getting all sorts of professionals involved, but here and

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> now if we want to get anything done and we can't find people who are

> better at design, usability and marketing than us, then we can either

> keep moaning or bloody well study the stuff the best we can.

Fine, just don't take digs at developers who would rather develop

software. Believe it or not, many developers
>

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> Do you think usability architects focus on just usability? No, they

> study every-fucking-thing that is even remotely related to human

> beings and the world around us: art, architecture. physics etc.

Well let's all hail the new saviours! My, how big their brains must be!
>> Such activities are much better suited to people with big strong forceful

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>> opinionated personalities such as yourself.

>

> Me? No, I'm as humble as a lamb :)

So you don't want to help developers by chasing government contracts for them?

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