I just wanted to post something about my post. In a word: D'oh! I woke up this morning to realize that I'd posted my message to the NUG, which wasn't what I intended. I meant to post it to a bunch of old-timers I stay in touch with when I need a grumble. I've mis-posted tings on various lists down the years by doing a "reply to all" when I meant "reply to sender.:" My practice normally is to just live with the embarrassment and move on. Posts like this one usually seem silly because, well, I already sent the post. In this case, I think I should post something so here it is.
First up, I was meaning to send this along to a bunch of old-timers who know my context. So, when I was complaining about the culture inside of 4D, I was talking about the US branch *25 years ago*. So, anything I said based on that isn't relevant today and posting it here was rude. So, sorry for that and do your best to ignore me. The people I meant to write to know perfectly well my history and what I'm talking about - and know that it's form a quarter of a century ago. (By now, virtually no one from those days is even around.) They also think that I'm too cranky. I'm a big 4D fan and still contribute to the effort. I've been trying to post decent information here and even got together with some people to write some new tech notes (forthcoming.) Why? Because I like to help out. We just wrote up the tech notes and sent them to 4D like that out of the blue. So, I'm in the "friends" column, or should me. Do I get worked up about waffle and BS answers? Or no answers? Yes, yes I do. Will I push back on that stuff? Absolutely. Will I push back on a clear answer I don't like? Sometimes, but I'll always be happy to have the information. So, yeah, I can be cranky on the lists. (Not so much in person.) But like I've been saying, if you want to be an angry old man shouting at clouds, you can't just wake up one day and do it. It's like anything, if you want it, you have to train, train early, and train hard! http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1045815 ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
