From dev-return-22043-apmail-couchdb-dev-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Tue Apr 17 17:30:55 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 856149C1E for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:30:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 18461 invoked by uid 500); 17 Apr 2012 17:30:55 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 18394 invoked by uid 500); 17 Apr 2012 17:30:55 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 18380 invoked by uid 99); 17 Apr 2012 17:30:54 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:30:54 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-iy0-f180.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username rnewson, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:30:54 +0000 Received: by iage36 with SMTP id e36so12592167iag.11 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:30:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.148.200 with SMTP id s8mr10768558icv.39.1334683854114; Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:30:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.240.135 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:30:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F8DA4D5.8000408@meetinghouse.net> References: <4F8C6F81.1030205@83864.com> <4F8C7DC6.1080306@meetinghouse.net> <4F8D7DDC.8010806@meetinghouse.net> <4F8DA4D5.8000408@meetinghouse.net> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:30:54 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: website & jira From: Robert Newson To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable what's your username? On 17 April 2012 18:13, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 16:27, Miles Fidelman >> =A0wrote: >>> >>> With all due respect and appreciation for your efforts.... marketing is >>> one >>> thing, utility is another. =A0While there's value to marketing, (IMHO) >>> utility >>> counts more. =A0We're not talking about a magazine ad, we're talking ab= out >>> a >>> web site that people have taken some effort to find and go to - they're >>> (we're) looking for information - if the information isn't there, it >>> doesn't >>> matter how pretty the site is. >> >> I'm sure Noah agrees with you, and the information/utility value will >> get added soon. However, there's also plenty of value to be found in >> having a site that's easy on the eyes. Perhaps the balance swung a >> little too far in the marketing direction this time, but that will get >> corrected. Arguing over it on this mailing list doesn't really help at >> this point -- pointing out stuff that you would like to be able to >> easily access and isn't, currently, (like your MarkMail point, on >> which I probably agree) does. Even better if you add notes like that >> to the aforementioned wiki page. >> > Well, ok, somebody want to add me to the contributors list so I can edit = the > wiki? > > > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. =A0 .... Yogi Berra > >