I just want to point out how great the Ruby community is in attitude. I hope this never changes, but I suppose with success it may in time.
I've just spent two days dealing with the FreeBSD community's general elitist crankyness. To read messages here is quite refreshing.
That's very important in the development and continuation of a product/project! (Mac aside, FreeBSD usage has continued to slowly decline)
B
Hi --
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 bertrandmuscle@yahoo.com wrote:
I just want to point out how great the Ruby community is in attitude. I hope this never changes, but I suppose with success it may in time.
Having a great community *is* success 
David
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David A. Black
dblack@wobblini.net
Frankly, the community is what held my interest over most of the
technical issues. To me, nothing matters more than the inspiration,
motivation and relaxedness of the userbase.
Somehow it even carried into my real-life usergroup (Toronto). We
hang out, eat, chat about anything on our minds and try to positively
influence oneanother. Sometimes that includes helping with Ruby, or a
presentation or two or just discussion on various new topics, but
sometimes that just means getting a bite to eat and unwinding.
Having meetings on a sunday afternoon definitely helps. Instead of
worrying about getting there after work, getting home to get to sleep
or whatever.. we just show up, and hang out without counting the time.
On 4/13/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
Hi --
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 bertrandmuscle@yahoo.com wrote:
> I just want to point out how great the Ruby community is in attitude. I
> hope this never changes, but I suppose with success it may in time.Having a great community *is* success
"Sy" <sy1235@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi --
>
>
> > I just want to point out how great the Ruby community is in
attitude. I
> > hope this never changes, but I suppose with success it may in time.
>
> Having a great community *is* successFrankly, the community is what held my interest over most of the
technical issues. To me, nothing matters more than the inspiration,
motivation and relaxedness of the userbase.Somehow it even carried into my real-life usergroup (Toronto). We
hang out, eat, chat about anything on our minds and try to positively
influence oneanother. Sometimes that includes helping with Ruby, or a
presentation or two or just discussion on various new topics, but
sometimes that just means getting a bite to eat and unwinding.Having meetings on a sunday afternoon definitely helps. Instead of
worrying about getting there after work, getting home to get to sleep
or whatever.. we just show up, and hang out without counting the time.
Now, that's what I call a success story!
I've to say of all the news groups I read more or less regularly clr is
definitely the one with the friendliest tone and most inspiring
discussions. Let's keep it that way!
Kind regards
robert
On 4/13/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 bertrandmuscle@yahoo.com wrote:
... now I just have to find a Sunday when I'm not otherwise busy.
Any idea when the May meeting will be?
-austin
On 4/13/05, Sy <sy1235@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/13/05, David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 bertrandmuscle@yahoo.com wrote:
> > I just want to point out how great the Ruby community is in attitude. I
> > hope this never changes, but I suppose with success it may in time.
> Having a great community *is* success
Frankly, the community is what held my interest over most of the
technical issues. To me, nothing matters more than the inspiration,
motivation and relaxedness of the userbase.Somehow it even carried into my real-life usergroup (Toronto). We
hang out, eat, chat about anything on our minds and try to positively
influence oneanother. Sometimes that includes helping with Ruby, or a
presentation or two or just discussion on various new topics, but
sometimes that just means getting a bite to eat and unwinding.
--
Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com
* Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca
Aah, I remember this name. =)
The meeting[1] will be the first sunday of the month (May 01), 1pm at
Sushi Rock[2]. Topics will include hanging out and eating good food.
We'll probably also chat about Ruby. =) Some of the hot issues in
the past have included using Ruby in the workplace, Rails (and
especially member projects using it), an unusual amount of mac
interest, and maybe even a secret group project. 
[1] http://trug.stok.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Meetings
[2] http://trug.stok.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Sushi_Rock
Sy,
http://trug.stok.co.uk/
http://sysy.homeip.net/mw/
On 4/13/05, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/13/05, Sy <sy1235@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Somehow it even carried into my real-life usergroup (Toronto).... now I just have to find a Sunday when I'm not otherwise busy.
Any idea when the May meeting will be?
Good. Maybe I can demonstrate PDF::Writer
-austin
On 4/13/05, Sy <sy1235@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/13/05, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com > wrote:
> On 4/13/05, Sy <sy1235@gmail.com > wrote:
> > Somehow it even carried into my real-life usergroup (Toronto).
> ... now I just have to find a Sunday when I'm not otherwise busy.
> Any idea when the May meeting will be?
Aah, I remember this name. =)The meeting[1] will be the first sunday of the month (May 01), 1pm at
Sushi Rock[2]. Topics will include hanging out and eating good food.
We'll probably also chat about Ruby. =) Some of the hot issues in
the past have included using Ruby in the workplace, Rails (and
especially member projects using it), an unusual amount of mac
interest, and maybe even a secret group project.
--
Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com
* Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca