And the bad part is Jeff, that you will not be happy with something like that beating you, and will give it another try once cooling off. Hopefully you get it installed next time and do not have the need for venting :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 3:38 PM Subject: You know what? > This is the probably the tenth time I've tried to install CF on a > mac. Going back...oh, probably over a year or so. > > I'm giving up. Seriously. I'm not a moron, and nothing should be this > difficult. I've tried to read every piece of help, I've contacted > people off list, and I've done just about everything that I could do > to simply have a development edition of CF running on a Mac Laptop. > I thought perhaps with this newfangled macbook pro and a self > contained install file, it might work *this time* but no...not at > all. No chance. Three attempts just today, under two different user > accounts, both with full admin privileges, and nothing....nada...zip. > > Seriously. I just give up. I don't know what I'm going to do, I don't > really want anymore help. I just wanted to vent. If there's anyone > from Macromedia, just know I've given up. I quit. No more. > > This is what pure frustration looks like. I don't think I've ever > been so *mad* at a piece of software in the 40 years I've been on > earth. I can set this up to run in minutes on Windows, and I've done > it probably a dozen times. I've been using CF for probably ten years > or so, but this... this is the worst. > > Dunno if this is the right place to post it, but there it is. I > absolutely quit. I'm going to uninstall it and never try it again. > It's pointless. I have absolutely been beaten by this. > > Just know that I looked at the entire Max agenda, and there's not a > single class on installing and setting CF up on a Mac. That's > ridiculous, as hard as this is. It really is.... > > Honestly, I'm not trolling, I'm not looking for flamewars, I'm not > looking for help. I just wanted to post my frustration. That's all. > Sometimes it helps to vent. > > Jeff, > *beyond* frustrated > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:248897 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
