Quote from: mouser on February 27, 2018, 03:14 AM

I don't see any reason to be so harsh on them -- it's a short little review with one confusing sentence.

I call a spade a spade.  You should know this of me

Quote from: tomos on February 27, 2018, 11:36 AM

Quote from: Stephen66515 on February 27, 2018, 03:16 AM

Quote from: mouser on February 27, 2018, 03:14 AM

I don't see any reason to be so harsh on them -- it's a short little review with one confusing sentence.

I call a spade a spade.  You should know this of me

hmmm,
a simple bald statement of the problems with the text would have been more in that line.
You got emotionally involved -- and harsh, as mouser says -- that's different from simply telling things how they are.

 
Agreed.  And it has other unintended consequences.  It's obvious you are a supporter... what impression does this leave on people about those who support SC and DC?  And does it make them less likely to even try in the future.  Education and understanding are the approach that I would think does the most good.

^ the 'emotionally involved' approach is pretty common these days, on the internet at any rate.
FWIW I (and I'm sure a lot of others) also have difficulties being, eh, 'unemotionally' direct -- but my problem is I dont say what I want to say (for whatever reasons**), and then when it does eventually get said, it comes out angry, or upset, instead of straight-forward and direct. Which not good, especially when dealing with people face to face. (But I'm getting better over the years.)

** e.g. think I shouldnt say that, etc.

Stephen learn to take constructive criticism!

Whatever the merits of the foregoing, it's crystallised something about this blog for me.  Whoever writes it is very prolific, and tends to offer uncritical announcements.  Getting a heads-up on something I didn't know about has value, but I'd rather have deeper analysis, and especially discussion of the relative merits of different programs that do more or less the same thing.