Gnucash help

[Matthew Vanecek]

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Damn, I couldn't stop myself...
Let me echo Linas' sentiments.

Add to that the fact that I tried very hard to provide some
comprehensible answers to the fellow in question.  He apparently ignored
them.  Phooey on him, then.  He's rude, abrasive, abusive, arrogant, and
self-righteous.  He discounted the work of the developers quite
vociferously.  This fellow wasn't having any problems that were not of
his own ignorance (evidence points to lack of knowledge about rpm and
unwillingness to learn--perhaps a move back to Slackware would suit
him).

For yourself (no, not a lashing), I see two messages in the archives
from you.  One back in June was satisfactorily answered.  The other one
was in November, and appears not to have been answered.  Someone must
have thought the question was too vague or didn't understand it, or
maybe it got lost in the shuffle.  I, and others even more so, spend
considerable effort trying to help others where my knowledge permits.=20
To suggest arrogance because one question you've asked in gnucash-user
in the last two years didn't get answered is preposterous.

Unless you've posted under a different name, in which case, let me
know.  I'll grep through the archives and try to provide a helpful
answer.

Regarding clearing Splits (Mon, Nov 18 message), presumably you mean
"Remove all the Splits from the current transaction but keep the
transaction open"?  This feature is, I believe, to be part of the 1.8.x
tree.

There.=20
Merry Christmas, or Yuletide, or whatever...

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 18:22, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 06:34:58PM -0600, Robin Smith was heard to remark:
> > I can sympathize with New Mexico.
> >=20
> > Arrogance is a slippery slope, you guys.
> >=20
> > In my case, I've asked several pretty simple, but allusive, operational=
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> > questions and finally received one answer from someone who took pity on=
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> > me.  But no other help has been forthcoming.  I've asked my webmaster=
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> > to remove me from this list.
> >=20
> > I came from Microsoft and Quicken because after the second crash my=20
> > webmaster recommended it heavily.  I have struggled with NO HELP from=
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> > this gnucash help list except for one good samaritan.  And thank you=20
> > again if you are reading this.
> >=20
>=20
> Look, I fail to understand why you think that anyone owes you help.
> The core developers already put in dozens of hours every week of=20
> thier own personal spare time to develop the code.  The 'good
> samaritans' already answer hundreds of questions every month. If they
> don't feel like answering one of your questions (or anyone else's)
> you cannot fault them for arrogance, ignorance, apathy or any other
> reason.=20
>=20
> I personally pay $120/month plus tax to maintain an unlimited-upload
> DSL line for the GnuCash web server.  No one reimburses me for these
> costs.  Its a public service, on behalf of me.   If you don't like
> my "arrogant" telling-off of another list member that already
> managed to piss off some of the volunteer developers and staffers
> and other 'good samaritans' that hang out in these parts, well,
> that's too bad.=20
>=20
> As a community, we work hard to provide software and support that=20
> we can be proud of.   When that software has failings, we are
> painfully aware of that; it is unjust to call us stupid in reference
> to these failings.  When we run out of time and patience to field=20
> all email questions, we feel the frustration of knowing that there
> was someone out there who we couldn't help.  Arrogance is a synonym
> for pride, and we are proud of our work.  You can't take that away.
>=20
> > I too run a business.  I'm not playing here but rather earn a living=20
> > for myself and several other people.
>=20
> Well, we do *not* run a business.  We *are* playing here.  The game
> we enjoy is building professional-quality software, and giving it
> away for free.  Strange game, some may think.  But our software, and=20
> our support, is helping you and many others earn a living.  I am=20
> livid to think that the thanks that we get for our efforts is=20
> anything other than positive.
>=20
> --linas
>=20
>=20
> > --=20
> > Robin @ Robin's Nest, Bed & Breakfast Inn
> > 1.800.622.8343  -or-  713.528.5821
> > http://www.therobin.com/
> >=20
> >=20
> > _______________________________________________
> > gnucash-user mailing list
> > gnucash-user@lists.gnucash.org
> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
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Matthew Vanecek
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