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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Last Thoth?
Date: 20 Dec 2013 01:48:22 GMT
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On 2013-12-19, Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> wrote:
> On 2013-12-19 14:06:19 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>
>> On 2013-12-19, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In article <bhg8cmF6uafU2@mid.individual.net>,
>>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2013-12-09, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I kept having to bug him to get updates, I asked why he couldn't
>>>>> add me to his mailing list. Apparently the software he uses doesn't
>>>>> support adding without invitation. Since he didn't differentiate between
>>>>> marketing and updates, I didn't subscribe and had to bug him.  I got
>>>>> tired of it and asked for a refund rather than having to deal with him.
>>>>> He seems to think he's offering "excellent customer service" but I think
>>>>> he's just off his meds.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Again, he's making writing software and supporting it personal.  And now
>>>>> he's taking his ball and going home.  Sooner or later, he'll have people
>>>>> just ignoring him for doing this sort of thing once to often.
>>>> 
>>>> Sooner or later? Brian's asshat behavior got old for me long ago, and
>>>> I'm not even one of his customers. We can ignore the question of whether
>>>> he hijacked NewsWatcher source code to build Thoth. He's pulled this
>>>> kind of cry baby "software isn't paying for itself" shit before in the
>>>> past. I don't see the behavior changing. So I say fuck Thoth. Good
>>>> riddance.
>>> 
>>> How old is this guy now?
>> 
>> No idea. But when software development is more about making money than
>> having fun, it's time to stop writing software, IMO. Dude should find
>> another hobby.
>
> Some like to have fun making money.

I never said you couldn't have fun making money. Apparently you didn't
comprehend what I said. Read it again, and pay closer attention this
time. 

> And hopefully you two are finished with this round of the 'I hate Brian' crap!

Are you Brian's mom or something? What do you care what people think
about him?

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JR