When you are right....
Whatever the case, i still really enjoyed it! :-)
Correction, 'Care should be taken *not* to throw the baby with the bathwater...'
On 12/23/09, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've read this thread with a slight chuckle. Two reasons:
>
> - There was an earlier thread on Technical meetings having lower
> turnouts than 'non-tech' meetings... Its the general trend...
>
> -Is there anything wrong with coding in .NET? Microsoft Windows is
> currently the largest platform to develop for... Care should be taken
> to throw the baby with the bathwater. Because a developer is from
> Microsoft, it does not mean that there is nothing you can learn from
> him/her.
>
> On 12/23/09, Joseph Wayodi <jwayodi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Murigi Muraya
>> <mmskunkworks@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> What disappointed you at the end? We need developers such as yourself to
>>> present what you are doing & learning. Sort of like the video done to
>>> demonstrate your LED appliance. We are also learning how to 'meet' as we
>>> go
>>> along.
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>> The disappointing thing for me was that it turned out to be a Microsoft
>> tools / .NET forum, and not a general developers forum, as I'd understood
>> it
>> to be. I learnt, too late, that it was actually an expanded AfricaDotNet
>> meeting. The speakers, so-called Microsoft MVPs :), were patronising, and
>> in
>> my opinion, very ignorant.
>>
>> Let me just say that I won't be wasting my time in future!
>>
>> Joseph.
>>
>
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>
> With Regards,
>
> Phares Kariuki
>
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>
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