On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 08:53:41 +0000 Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: A bit of a SCHUBERT!
> L.D. Best wrote:
>> It seems that now we've been testing Arachne for DOS for
>> these many many months, DOS Arachne users don't count any
>> more? It almost feels like someone is saying "Thanks a bunch,
>> but GOODBYE!" and slamming the door in our faces so we couldn't
>> eat the dinner made from the food we helped to grow. :<
> You've got to be joking. The only "help" Michael gets from
> most people goes like this: "Your carrots give me indigestion;
> please fix." --or-- "My recipes use onions; when are you going
> to grow onions?"
> Then Edenyard wrote:
>> Well said, L.D.! You'd think also that he'd actually FINISH
>> one job (i.e., DOS Arachne) BEFORE starting another (i.e.,
>> Linux Arachne). Will the Linux version have the same continuing
>> problems with memory (V1.61 STILL does!) and red boxes and no
>> Javascript and no https and....
> Oh, boy. Another critic, sitting in a deckchair, telling Michael
> how to grow the vegetables. "Hey Michael, your rows aren't
> straight." "Hey Michael, how come there's no rhubarb?"
> "Hey Michael, hurry up, we're hungry."
> Listen people, Michael owes us nothing. He plowed the ground,
> he planted the seed and he weeded the crop. We spectators
> have no right to complain.
> Cheers,
> Steven
...I have to disagree with you Steven...to this extent...Michael owes
this list the same loyalty that ANY developer owes his loyal beta
testers....which any developer, (except for the Bloat-velopers) will
tell you...as Clarance has pointed out, a lot of the weeds were spotted
by list members......Arachne would not be the work-of-art it now is,
without the loyal critiques of these List Members...I have only been on
for about 5 months, but I have never seen such a dynamic, and useful
list before...
...However, that doesn't mean that we cannot disagree with Michael, and
he seems ever willing to get in and mix-it-up with us, when he has HIS
points to make...I haven't noticed Michael being shy and retiring...<g>
...so..he owes it to this list to "listen" and "ponder", and we owe it
to him to "listen" and "ponder" (and to each other, also) AND THEN WE
CAN ALL GET BACK DOWN TO FIGHTING, AGAIN...!!!!.......<vbg>
...I didn't disparage the members of a different persuasion, BECAUSE,
no matter how much I disagree with them, they still have valuable
opinions, and it behooves me to pay attention..
..I wrote my post, because it seemed as though NO ONE was expressing
this point of view....and others can disagree with my opinion, and even
disparage it, if they want to....I'm a big boy, and can take the heat.
.........gregy
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