07-04-2020, 03:52 PM
I have no fundamental problem with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., but its wording is a little bit suggestive of things that may not be there. Let me pick out a few phrases.
Unfortunately, that is true.
I hope not... I see new ideas eing presented here all the time. But yes, many people see things that other people have seen before. That is entirely to be expected.
Yes...
No!!
Why?
For me, that second bit is part of the tension that was mentioned at the top, and it is not at all necessary.
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Sounds to me like going a bit overboard here.
Quote:There's a strange sort of tension in this community around the issue of references and credit for ideas.
Unfortunately, that is true.
Quote:It's a bit of an article of faith in the VMS community that there are no new ideas
I hope not... I see new ideas eing presented here all the time. But yes, many people see things that other people have seen before. That is entirely to be expected.
Quote:Fairly frequently I see it happen that someone presents an idea or an observation in their own words and without references, and someone will reply pointing out that this idea is not original,...
Yes...
Quote:and that credit is due to the originator of the idea
No!!
Why?
For me, that second bit is part of the tension that was mentioned at the top, and it is not at all necessary.
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Quote:This kind of culture of seniority is not necessarily what newcomers are expecting here.
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Sounds to me like going a bit overboard here.