Re: How uncommon is my viewpoint?

[Jaap van Ganswijk <ganswijk@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 23:06 20000702 -0500, Greg Alexander wrote:
>I happen to think that MISC is great, and I'd love to use the x21 chips.
>But since the documentation sucks they aren't really usable without
>interacting with Jeff (which is not an option) or Ting (who doesn't answer
>questions thoroughly or accurately, I think he doesn't care at all about
>his english audience -- I wish I'd known that before, that Jeff's an
>asshole and that Ting doesn't care about this part of his customer base).
>
>Is this a common viewpoint?  Are there a lot of people who like MISC but
>are not on the small list of people who Jeff doesn't insult?  Or is it as
>Jeff thinks it is that everyone who hates him hates MISC?

I agree with you.

>Because if we realize that we love MISC and that MISC is going nowhere
>with Jeff at the helm, we might be able to take it places ourselves.

I think MISC has missed it's window of opportunity because of
Chuck's non-communication on this list, Jeff's mixture of cultism
and commercialism en Ting being an arrogant seller of messy
products.

I have followed this mailing list since 1995 being employed by
a small company making embedded products but I have never
seriously considered recommending the MISC processors for
serious use, mainly because of the unprofessionalism surrounding
it.

Bad documentation isn't that bad as long as the person on the
cross roads of information (that would be Jeff since Chuck and
Ting don't write on this list) is willing to spend more time on
helping in actual cases and structurally improving things than
on insulting people or complain about people's attitutides and
about for example his own financial perils. I think Jeff is a good
writer, but that he wastes this talent most of the time.

PS. And still the reply-to address in the messages is wrong...


Groeten/Greetings,
Jaap

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