Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 13:55:03 +0000 (UTC) From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Negative Review of FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <d7v07n$1ui1$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> References: <429EF96E.16172.33600ABA@localhost> <20050602180147.GA790@anarion> <d7pl0g$2f8f$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <2fd864e05060308544bc66225@mail.gmail.com>
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Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> wrote: > If you aren't familier enough with something to evaluate it, you > shouldn't review it. On the other hand, the reviewer should be neutral, which in this area is strongly at odds with familiarity of the review subject. > I've done plenty of evaluations of software for customers of mine, > and I certainly don't just go through the install process, say "This > sucks" and move on to the next product. I'm sorry, but you are not in a position to judge your own review process. For that we need a third party observer. And for all I know, the producers of the software you evaluated might be aghast at your process. > I'm aware writing a review is incredibly difficult, however, I would > suggest that one simply not write a review, if they are unwilling, or > unable to meet the standard required by the technical audience their > review is targeted at. Which is why reviews are written by those who don't have these qualms. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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