Comments on: A Gratuitous Bit of Rudeness from Dave Winer http://www.wgrosso.com/quick-thoughts/a-gratuitous-bit-of-rudeness-from-dave-winer/ (the blog formerly known as "Wander, Think, Repeat") Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Winer http://www.wgrosso.com/quick-thoughts/a-gratuitous-bit-of-rudeness-from-dave-winer/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Dave Winer Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:23:32 +0000 http://wgrosso.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/a-gratuitous-bit-of-rudeness-from-dave-winer/#comment-27 I didn't spend so much time writing that bit that you can read as much into it as you are. Blogging is a bit rough that way. Anyway, I didn't mean doing-good the way you're interpreting it. I mean investing in basic technology as opposed to finding some neat stuff laying around and marketing it. I have written about this many times, and sometimes I just express an idea without explaining all that's behind it. It's what happens when you're busy and also have a lot to say. In any case, rudeness often is in the eye of the beholder. I did put in over 20 years in Silicon Valley, so I feel *somewhat* entitled to comment on its culture. I didn’t spend so much time writing that bit that you can read as much into it as you are. Blogging is a bit rough that way.

Anyway, I didn’t mean doing-good the way you’re interpreting it. I mean investing in basic technology as opposed to finding some neat stuff laying around and marketing it. I have written about this many times, and sometimes I just express an idea without explaining all that’s behind it. It’s what happens when you’re busy and also have a lot to say.

In any case, rudeness often is in the eye of the beholder. I did put in over 20 years in Silicon Valley, so I feel *somewhat* entitled to comment on its culture.

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