Hi Chris
On 30-Jan-00, Chris Wiles wrote:
>> If this is true, people don't understand why you did not just do a
>> marathon label scribbling session, and dump the lot in the post office.
> ALL orders were/have gone out. There *are* no 'outstanding' orders. Sure,
> I may not actively read my mail like I used to, but it doesn't mean I cash
> the money and run!
>>> Again, 8 years: from PD, through things like the ZOOM CD, to NetConnect
>>> 1, NetConnect 2, STFax 3 and 4 through to NetConnect 3.
>> And to clarify, Chris also wrote manuals and contributed to software
>> rather than being a box shifter. People don't realise or appreciate this.
> I did everything, absolutely everthing:
> a) sales - all sales
> b) support, all support, all day long - even Power/Eyetech never offered
> that!
> c) worked closely with the programmers to produce the products
> d) did the advertising, marketing, accounts
> And, the result? Very little cash. Sure, I made some cash, but it was
> never really even above �10,000 a year, tops. Considering the hassle,
> personal abuse and so on, it was never worth it.
> As for 'well, the personal abuse was justified'. Here is where (there is
> more, but I forget) I remember the personal abuse being thrown towards me:
> 1) When we released NC 1 we had moaners galore that the then
> AmiTCP-Genesis was very unreliable with a number of ISP's (BT Internet)
> and so on. So, what did we do? We completely *re-wrote* Genesis from
> scratch, taking a year+, resulting in major delays to NC 2 (which in turn
> caused more hassle), but did anyone thank us? Nah, what do you think!
> 2) When we were working on Genesis (etc) for NC 2, getting NC 2 as good as
> we could get it, do people remember the amount of personal abuse I
> received on this list? Yep, I remember many a person saying then I was
> 'conning' them (etc) - and this was when we were developing the software.
> so...does it get better...no, what do you think!
> 3) When NC 2 arrived, were people happy? At first, yep. Then the 'everyone
> gets Vapor stuff before NC 2 users.....sob sob, scream scream....we have
> to wait (untrue mostly!)...' abuse that went on and on and on...
> So, what did we do? We decided to make (at a great deal of hassle - I must
> add!) NC 3 Vapor keyfile compatible, so NC 3 users could simply a) update
> when they like and b) when the new software came out.
> So, were people then happy? Nah, what do you think!
> 4) So, then we then start with the 'my CD is corrupt, you con merchant,
> you evil swine....you you you....'. I mean, I only paid �26.95 for it, but
> I'm going to give you all the abuse I can muster...
> No Amiga user is ever happy, they never will. Period.
> Chris.
I am so is my mate but then the institution we stay in lets us be normal
sometimes:-)
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