On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Brian David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beejunk@gmail.com">beejunk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Lindsay Haisley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fmouse@fmp.com" target="_blank">fmouse@fmp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br>Lindsay, I agree with a whole lot of what you say, but this line is an example one of my greatest pet peeves in discussions like this:<div class="im"> <br><br>"The appropriate response to any criticism would be "if you don't like<br> it, go buy Pro Tools."<br><br></div>That is absolutely not the appropriate response. The right response is, in fact, what a lot of devs on this list do, to their credit. It is to ask those with criticisms to participate in development in some way.<br> </div></div><br>A comunity developed project is not well served by telling people to go take a hike. And no project anywhere, community-developed or otherwise, is well-served by deflecting criticism with flippant responses. <br> <br clear="all"><br><br><font color="#888888">-Brian David<br> </font></blockquote></div><br>I should add, since we all know that tone doesn't come across in e-mails, that I'm not suggesting that Lindsay is using flippant responses to deflect criticism. I refer only to those who earnestly use a statements like "if you don't like it, go buy Pro Tools."<br clear="all"> <br>-- <br>-Brian David<br>