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Reflections in a mirror
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I burst out laughing when I read this:
I don’t know where Ayende works or what sort of environment he works in, but I know he gets a lot of time to blog and maintain his own open source mock framework. Not everyone has that luxery. We have to get real work done under time constraints. We have customers who expect results yesterday. We’re in the trenches trying to implement features for customers who have unrealistic expectations about when things should get done.
Just to point out, I don't "get" a lot of time to blog and maintain my OSS efforts. I put the time for those from my own time, not my employer's time. I do it because it is a hobby and I like it. Time constraints, pissy customers and unrealistic expectations are the reason for a lot of the things that I do.
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I think it is very noble of you to put so much time in OSS and your blog. I must say a hobby like yours is very nice. But I've got another interesting hobby where most of my spare time is for, my girlfirend.
Chris seems to make the same assumption that I run into pretty frequently when talking about why the enterprise library bugs me, namely, that when I say that it is too hard or too complex, I'm saying I can't figure it out or I don't understand it, when in fact I when I say that it's too complex or too hard, I'm talking about usability. It's too hard because it isn't easy enough to use.
I'm glad I was able to give you a good laugh :-)
I appreciate how much time you must spend outside a work environment to maintain your blog and RhinoMocks. You're a dedicated guy.
I think what Ayende is doing is very valuable and people should appreciate it than pointing their fingers at you. Not too many people share their knowledge. I am an active reader of his blog and I must admit that I have gain alot of knowledge. Everyday there is something new.
Funny. I just assumed that you don't sleep.
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