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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.comm |
| Subject | Re: Last Thoth? |
| Date | 2013-12-19 14:06 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <bhgcqqF6uafU5@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <091220130719558666%michelle@michelle.org> <vilain-9F02F8.09082309122013@news.individual.net> <bhg8cmF6uafU2@mid.individual.net> <52b2f84e$0$46367$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
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. -- 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
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