Just replying off-list...
Well said, I have been thinking the same thing for a long time. For me PGHQ
has lost its value because of this.
Chris
At 02:16 PM 6/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
> Ok, I do not want to make a huge issue out of this, but I
>wish to appeal to the reasonable and cooperative nature of the
>people on this list. :)
> Please do not abuse the PilotGear HQ main web page with
>constant updates of the same piece of software. Those of you
>who are doing it know who you are. It really hurts to be
>knocked off the list so quickly by a repeated update, especially
>after you have worked so hard on a new release. It is also
>very frustrating to me that I have to try to time my updates
>to avoid a certain author who is in the process of updating
>as often as daily. It is even more frustrating when you try
>to avoid it and then FAIL (as I just found out).
> I know the incentive is great to keep your application up
>there, but please realize what you are doing and also realize
>how that kind of behavior can become detrimental to the success
>of PilotGear and the developers using them as a vendor. Not
>only is it terribly frustrating to developers (and especially
>those who *pay* to be listed on the main site every day in the form
>of banners, I would venture to say) but I feel that it also
>adversely affects users and customers who want to use PGHQ to
>find out what is *really* new in the application world.
> I have attempted to make this message as non-confrontational
>as possible and have obviously not pointed out any names. I
>just think that we can resolve this kind of issue to make it better
>for all of us.
> Thanks for reading. :)
>
>--frank
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