Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Last Thoth? Date: 20 Dec 2013 02:35:45 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <091220130719558666%michelle@michelle.org> X-Trace: individual.net z7eiMu2YQ8PWRm7jdxNFxARmPEW7O+GR4qSBZIwh2CQWiibKlo Cancel-Lock: sha1:OiZRANfwWQrDcGSeSlcsLjNUUyU= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:19985 comp.sys.mac.comm:2043 comp.sys.mac.system:53539 On 2013-12-20, Lloyd E Parsons wrote: > On 2013-12-20 01:48:22 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > >> On 2013-12-19, Lloyd E Parsons wrote: >>> On 2013-12-19 14:06:19 +0000, Jolly Roger said: >>> >>>> On 2013-12-19, Warren Oates wrote: >>>>> In article , >>>>> Jolly Roger wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2013-12-09, Michael Vilain 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? > > In reality I don't care. > > What I do care about is the bitch-a-thon that usually starts and goes > on and on ad nauseum whenever Brian's name comes up. You can blame Brian for that. If not for his assinine behavior over the years, waffling back and forth, blaming users for his bad attitude, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR