[Arm-netbook] microdesktop casework as DXF files for laser-cutting

[Normand Chamberland]

2017-03-31 7:14 GMT-04:00 jah <jah at jahboite.co.uk>:

>
> I understand your frustration, Normand,
>

You do not know me, jah, therefore you cannot possibly understand how
*infuriated* I am. To say that I am still seething with cold fury would be
an understatement.

Of course I know that Github is not the "ideal" channel to share files (to
say the least). I do not need this list's continued condescending lessons
on the matter. But I spent a good part of that night whipping out these
files, and it was well past midnight, I was tired and I still had to
publish these files; I naively thought it was more important to get the
files out there for discussion than to delay one more day to find an
alternate hosting solution - as I already had a Github account. With the
idea to transfer everything to a more acceptable server soon after.

Only to read lkcl's message at awakening after a shortened night of sleep.
That will teach me to try to help.

2017-03-31 7:52 GMT-04:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>:
> i don't _enjoy_ asking people not to use proprietary services,

You didn't ask, you *demanded* in no uncertain terms, such as
***unacceptable*** and ***immediately***. I would have understood if you
wrote "I would really appreciate it if you took it down at your earliest
convenience". But what makes me most mad is your intolerable accusation
that through my action I was bringing "disrepute" to your project.

I find this assertion not only asinine but *utterly unacceptable*, it is an
*attack* on my own reputation that I will not soon forget nor forgive.

To make it worse, you're now saying that had you known about it months
after the fact, you'd have considered it "nothing to stress about". That's
plain adding insult to injury.

I've done my share to promote free software as my skills allow me, in the
past 7 years spending _thousands of hours_ helping quite possibly hundreds
of people to learn FreeCAD, translating it, writing up documentation,
packaging it and providing an experienced CAD user's point of view to its
developers.

I am not dedicating most of my free time to be treated that way.

2017-04-02 16:55 GMT-04:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>:
>norman, i haven't checked if you're still subscribed to the list

You will address me with my proper name please. That's Normand with a D.

Obviously I have not unsubscribed *yet*.

I've been mulling over the matter over the weekend. I'm not sure I want to
be associated with this project anymore. I've already modified my Crowd
Supply account so I would no longer be listed as a backer. I've
procrastinated about it, but I am leaning toward scrubbing my HDD from all
my files relating to this project.

The irony of all of this is, the use I was planning for the microdesktop
was to cut my dependency on proprietary cloud services for email, file
hosting etc.

I will end with this: I was willing to provide an actual tangible
contribution to this project. I ask all of those who would lecture me:
apart from endless (and quite often fruitless) talk on this list, what are
*you* doing to help this project, exactly?

- Normand
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