Comment by grzm

Cheers. I'm glad it was at least somewhat helpful. And you've got me responding when I said I wouldn't, and that's something :)

> "I still feel like is an injustice that hurts the truth so badly,"

In my opinion, this is what you should be supporting. Providing examples that support the truth goes a lot further. Off the top of my head, a question I have is why is the cathedral/bazaar model better than the alternative 'tptacek puts forward from Gabriel's Worse Is Better or Zawinski's CADT model at describing open source? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35941338) What in particular do you find useful and true in CatB that you believe 'tptacek is dismissing unfairly?

> "how the room is so happy to stick to Thomas here."

One doesn't have to agree with 'tptacek to think your comment was unhelpful. It's not zero-sum, or us-vs-them.

I'm not great at contentious discussions (particularly on internet forums). Your "I still struggle with..." resonates with me: it's something I find myself thinking in situations like this. The best I can do is try to catch myself, and figure out how to express what I'm trying to get across in ways that move the conversation in a constructive direction. Easier for me to say than to do.