--- Mathewson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > 1. I requested help from RR with this development > and > (after about 6 weeks) recieved some very vague > promises > that have never materialised. > > 2. RR do very nicely thank you by appropriating > people's > idea that are offered FREE on thi list and elsewhere > and > then charging us all for them - this doesn't seem > entirely > fair. > > 3. I would be more than happy to release my > prototype > under some type of open source agreement - but how I > make > sure RR don't get their rapacious commercial paws on > it I > just don't know!!! > > 4. My website can only hold 3 MB of stuff so I > would need > someone to offer me space to upload the prototype > to. > > [snip] > > Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson >
Hi Richmond, While I try and steer clear of this sort of mockery of the human ability to reason in a logical fashion, I'm getting quite fed up with the lengthy diatribes produced by malcontents. In Xavier's case, I agree that as he paid for the product, he has the right to expect proper support of the package and a quick resolution of bugs. At the same time, having looked at a number of bug reports that he posted through bugzilla, I have found them confusing and hard to reproduce at times. Nevertheless, when there's a problem, it needs to be resolved in a professional manner, with courtesy from both sides. But the utter tripe that I have read above, makes me wonder why humanity hasn't nuked itself into oblivion yet. To quote my favourite comedian, George Carlin : "Think of how stupid the avrage person is, and then realise that half of the people on this planet are even more stupid." First of all, Revolution is a commercial company with limited resources -- they can't hold your hand 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Quite frankly, had you behaved towards me in the same fashion as you have towards them in the past, I would have installed a rule to have your emails automatically deleted, regardless of what gems of information might have been stored therein. Secondly, it is in the nature of any business, and even more so in the IT-sector, to look at other ideas, and learn how to aply what they do better in order to improve your own product -- otherwise Intel users would be stuck with DOS. And could you please show me parts of which projects have been 'misappropriated' to form part of the Revolution development environment ? A lot happens in a short time, and some of the ideas that make it into my own products have sometimes been lingering for years before I get around to implementing them. Thirdly, if you're so worried about parts of your software, which you're willing to give away for free, getting included for all users, not just the ones with the time to scourge the web for your particular contributions, then who or what are you working for ? To the benefit of all, or for the personal glory ? Besides, if they're still available from other origins, and they're better than the Revolution variant, people will find it and use it -- us programmers, we're usually a lazy bunch, which leads us to try and find the most efficient way possible to accomplish a task. Fourthly, there are numerous places on the web where you can gather space : setup a few Yahoo/Geocities accounts, look at Freespace.com -- or heaven forbid, try and work on a business model that allows you to pay an ISP for hosting the files ; ever heard of Paypal donations ? Finally, and then I hope never to climb on this soap box again : grow up -- nothing in life is free but there are plenty of opportunities to make it, none of which involve sulking in a corner like a spoiled brat that didn't get the shiny new toy he wanted, while hurling incoherent accusations at the people who are trying to do their job. Now can we all pick up our lives and jobs, and focus on what this mailing list is about : helping other people try and get the most out of Revolution, rather than bitching about imperfections ? Best regards, Jan Schenkel. ===== Join us at the European Revolution Conference November 14-16, MALTA. ~ http://TechieTours.com/Rev/ ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
