On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:55:25 -0500 Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:49:12 -0400, Rob Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>>Mark, :>>I did not say that MXI 4.3 users would be stranded if something breaks - :>Not in black and white, but you seemed to imply it by your statement: I certainly hope that no one is running mission critical applications without support. :>> "over time I expect some commands to either stop functioning or :>> start abending." :>If you had added "and I will try to fix them as time permits", then I wouldn't :>have felt the need to post a response. I didn't go back and check the :>archives or emails you may have sent out to the beta testers (which I :>was one of), but I thought you had indicated something to that effect and :>I thought this last post was a change in your position (perhaps due to :>legal issues with your employment and purchase of MXI by Rocket). Quite likely. I don't see why he should have any obligation, legal or moral, to enhance free software. :>It I took your original statement wrong, then I sincerely apologize and that is :>good news. :>>Freeware is software that is free - I do not see an implication of supplied :>source. Or support. :>There is none and I never said there was. It is just my opinion (which is :>why I wrote IMO) that it isn't in the spirit of the original CBT. I think there :>may be some other examples now as well, but most are just "shortcuts" :>and the source code is on other files. Some others may be collections where :>no one has the source code. Your feeling being that either provide source or do not give it out? Many other download sites are available. :>Either way, please don't take this personally. I very much appreciate the :>availability and usage of the freeware MXI over the years. It's just a shame :>that there is no source code for someone else to maintain since you don't :>have the time. And he quite likely has some money making uses for it. Nothing wrong with that. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
