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| From | Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.comm, comp.sys.mac.apps |
| Subject | Re: Last Thoth? |
| Date | 2013-12-19 20:40 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <l90amv$odl$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <091220130719558666%michelle@michelle.org> <bhhoo1FglsgU3@mid.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2013-12-20 02:35:45 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > On 2013-12-20, Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: >> On 2013-12-20 01:48:22 +0000, Jolly Roger said: >> >>> 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? >> >> 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. And yet many of us did not have that experience with him at all. I always got good support and prompt responses to questions. -- Lloyd
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