Re:Everyone complaining about MS buying GitHub needs to offe...
by silverlake on Sunday June 10, 2018 @02:16PM
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There often isn’t a good solution, only a bunch of “bad” solutions. Pointing out that they are bad is useless to everyone. GitHub wanted to be a successful independent company. That failed. What is the next least bad solution before bankruptcy?
Re:Everyone complaining about MS buying GitHub needs to offe...
by slowmovintarget on Sunday June 10, 2018 @03:09PM
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> Pointing out that they are bad is useless to everyone.
This is false.
Some people may not have given the matter consideration. When they don't they may accept the bad solution as normal, and "normal" often rightly or wrongly leads people to jump to the conclusion that the solution is proper. I've many times had to argue against something where the argument in favor was "we've always done it that way."
Pointing out that a solution is bad records challenges that can be met and satisfied in producing a new solution. But if no one notices, or those who do never say anything, then people will tend to assume it is normal and therefore proper.
Sometimes it's clear how a particular solution is negative but beyond that we don't have the breath or depth of knowledge to suggest the alternative or it is not our job to spend the time to come up with one. Yet we may have enough experience in a particular aspect of it to know about a significant downside of the choice.
It always just seems like a way of dismissing valid criticism by someone who supports the choice and not addressing the criticism.
Edit: grammar & spelling