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Re: Reducing Resistance to Change

 

Ayatana is the right place for discussion, the topic of this list is clear
to all of us.
As long as the discussion you want to kick off is not OT, i for one am
interested in hearing your thoughts..

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 05:50, Ralph Green <sirable@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 4/27/10, Martin Owens <doctormo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A few of my community circles react to Design Team news with a *sigh*
> > and "Oh god what have they done now". The teams reputation is low and
> > it's over shadowing the really great work that's going on. How can I
>
> Howdy,
>  The team has done a lot of good work, yet I do find myself saying
> this.  Not always, but some of the changes have been significant ones
> that have caused a fair amount of work to deal with.  I don't resist
> changes, just because they are changes.  I resist them, if they make
> the experience with Ubuntu worse that it was.  Most of the Ayatana
> changes don't do this, and I have not really figured out where to
> bring up the more significant issues.  I spoke with some Canonical
> developers at the Lucid UDS and they understood my problem.  I have
> had difficulty contacting them since then.  The users I setup systems
> for are typically very inexperienced and I don't believe they are
> typical of Ubuntu users as a whole.  Is it appropriate to bring up
> issues on this list or is Launchpad the only place?  It is not really
> a bug, but it is a scary behavior.
>  I won't be at the Maverick UDS for financial reasons, but I do hope
> you have a successful conference.
> Good day,
> Ralph
>

good day ;)

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