[talk-au] Going separate ways

[Steve Coast]

On Jul 10, 2011, at 7:45 PM, John Smith wrote:

> On 11 July 2011 12:42, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jul 10, 2011, at 7:34 PM, John Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> On 11 July 2011 12:30, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>>>> It's not worth my time responding to messages like this.
>>>> 
>>>> I wrote a completely rational, neutral and open email outlining the things we've tried and asking for ideas of how to make it better.
>>> 
>>> Yes and didn't respond to a single query, but of course politicans do
>>> the same thing, they change the question into something they can
>>> answer.
>> 
>> I didn't, you are correct. I said I would however, if it was an email assuming good faith and free of personal attacks. This is common is western societies. Or at least polite societies :-)
> 
> So you decide to make radical changes to the OSM community and then
> refuse to answer questions cause it upsets your delicate nature?

Not at all, I've been having delicate and difficult conversations for many years. Of course, I loose my temper sometimes like any human being but in general it's precisely because I can have those conversations (and the technical talent and community building) that I'm where I am today.

Another point of order is that it wasn't somehow my exclusive decision.

As I say, if at any point you want to ask me those questions again in an email that assumes good faith and is free of personal attack (I'll even allow you the implied personal attack above) then I will be happy to answer them.

Steve