[Typo3] Some feedback to TYPO3 marketeers

[dieter orens]

I don't want to attack anyone or anyone's beliefs, and I think
that Typo3 is the best CMS there is, 
but never really understood what God or jesus had to do with it.
As said before, let everyone believe what he wants to believe,
but don't mix CMS with Jesus or whatever kind of religion..
as we all know and must reckognize religions allready 
brought enough war and misery to this world...
so let us all live in peace and contribute to Typo3...

grtz

d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dimitri Tarassenko" <mitka at mitka.us>
To: "TYPO3 English" <typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Typo3] Some feedback to TYPO3 marketeers


> Christopher,
> 
>> -- You assume there was only one 'best' technical solution for the
>> project I was competing for: false (Typo3 has the occasional weakness
>> you know...)
> 
> I agree, however, I assumed that if you went as far as asking Kasper
> for permission that at the time Typo3 was your best choice and this
> was the last question you wanted resolved. You also sounded like this
> issue was the main factor in your decision not to use Typo3 (or so was
> my understanding).
> 
>> -- You imply that it would be sound practice to exclude one's own
>> ethical concerns from business decision-making processes: false
> 
> I agree with you. I often refuse to do things out of ethical concerns
> (such as spam, link farms or collecting confidential information
> without SSL for example), but I always feel comfortable explaining to
> the customer who asks for it why I am not doing so. I doubt that you
> told your customer "I was also considering other platform, but they
> don't like what you are doing and they don't want you to be using
> their product". And that's not your fault - that precisely shows how
> absurd the "Moral License" is.
> 
>> -- You equate my choice to use one software package instead of another
>> to bid in an open, competitive process to the actions of paternalistic
>> phamacists interfering in a doctor-patient relationship: false,
>> insulting and trivializing of the latter issue.
> 
> In other words, if this was not an open bidding process, but, say, you
> were employed by that customer and had to make the best choice, you
> would have used Typo3, despite Kasper's or your own moral
> reservations? If your answer to this is yes, then I take my words
> back.
> 
> I apologize if you were insulted by the comparison. To me, the
> pharmacists case was an example of lack of professionalism. Just as
> (in my opinion), it is extremely unprofessional in software,
> engineering or science to come up with things like "Moral License" and
> unprofessional to follow such policies.
> 
> If the client in question was "in grey area" as far as _your_ moral
> standards are concerned, you shouldn't have bid on the project at all.
> If it was _Kasper's_ "grey area", and not yours, your decision to
> follow his wishes does look like you placed Kasper's interests above
> those of your potential client.
> 
> However, the most likely scenario is that you acted out of your own
> interest and preferred not to create a potential conflict with Kasper
> by using Typo3 for something _he_ doesn't like but you are fine with.
> In my book, as anything that makes it harder to use Typo3, this is
> Typo3's _defect_, and as such it has to be fixed.
> 
> --
> Dimitri Tarassenko
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