1. Why would any programmer give a damned about getting credit for the install? Two reasons come to mind. The first is ego and there is no accounting for that. The second is the ridiculous method used to choose Hack of the Month nominees. Get rid of that. Nominate hacks based on merit, not clicks. Oh yeah, and subject every nominee to a code review. Kind of like the way NASCAR does vehicle inspections.
2. I'm sick of the way VB.Org either is or isn't independent of Jelsoft, depending on what they need at the moment. Pick one. Either admit to being a momma's boy or cut the freaking apron strings, but don't play it both ways.
3. Coders are the life's blood of this place. Every user needs to appreciate the hell out of them. They develop code because THEY need it and happen, out of the kindness of their hearts, to make it available to us too. Bee damned greatful. When you have a problem, make an effort to fix it yourself, if you can and post the fix - if you are able. If not, don't PM them. Post in the release thread so that the 100 other people that have the same problem can get the fix. AND BE PATIENT. None of them are full time professional VB developers and celebate PHP monks. They have lives, jobs and families that need the occasional care and feeding.
4. Somebody better get a handle on this site pronto. The snail pace of development of VB and the inability to deliver the years-ago promised vbCMS isn't why VB is the best damned message board for the money. VB.Org and the ability to customize my site to what I need is the real reason. But I see that reason slipping away. Not just this thread but several others show this place in near shambles. The Bush administration is run better with less controversy. This is a site that CANNOT exist without coders. When you run them off hiding behind rules and make mountains out off molehills, then YOU are doing something wrong, rules be damned.
I'll get off my soapbox now. Talk among yourselves.
05-22-2006, 12:04 AM
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