From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 3 12:59:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from guru.phone.net (guru.phone.net [209.157.82.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2084B1599E for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:59:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm@phone.net) Received: (qmail 45249 invoked by uid 100); 3 Jun 1999 19:59:48 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Jun 1999 19:59:48 -0000 Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:59:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Meyer To: Jerry Hicks Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, jhicks@jhicks.glenatl.glenayre.com Subject: Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? In-Reply-To: <199906031535.PAA51145@jhicks.glenatl.glenayre.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Jerry Hicks wrote: > [to -chat] Which I don't subscribe to. > > Let's see if I got this straight, now. On one hand, you've got a bunch > > talented software developers which is by nature an egotistical breed. > > I challenge that assertion. It's an all too frequently passed about > stereotype (and one that is very damaging to our profession). If you're going to challange the assertion, you should present information that contradicts it, instead of information that is either immaterial or supports it. I'd also be interested in arguments supporting that this believe is "very damaging" *to the profession*. In a professional capacity, if someone expects me to be egotistical and I am - then I'm not hurt. If they expect that and I'm not, then they are pleasantly surprised, and I might well come out ahead. If that prejudice extends to a social situation, then that's certainly harming the individuals so judged. But does this harm the profession? > I could make a much better case for the average sales/marketing person > or executive being a member of some "egotistical breed" but then I'd be > guilty of stereotyping too. I can't tell whether or not you would be stereotyping, because I don't know whether you're developing a mental stereotype or not. I certainly wasn't, because I know the difference between statements about average properties of a group and a stereotype. And, for those who missed the original, the context for that quote is a message in support of the FreeBSD team.