Buying complaints (was: Re: [TxMt] mousing issues)

[Lukas Pitschl]

i don't think that 39 bugs will allow you to be that rude!

it's already the greatest thing that could happen to you, that allan  
is available nearly all the time, but what you do with it, is abusing  
that opportunity to complain about the product.

as eric already said, he's one man, his software doesn't cost much  
and it's the best editor i've seen for os x by now.

if you have problems with a bigger product you paid 300 bugs or more  
for, would you write that company and complain as much as you do  
here?, would you tell them how they should program there software?

i don't reall think so.

and even after allan offered you a refund you still don't stop this.  
i, myself, consider this pretty ridiculous.

regards

lukas

Am 02.11.2005 um 14:54 schrieb Dudley Flanders:

>
> On Nov 1, 2005, at 7:43 PM, Moshe Weitzman wrote:
>
>
>> Hey Shawn. We all heard your requests. There is no need to repeat  
>> them.
>> Furthermore, it is just rude to publically suggest to Allan better  
>> ways to
>> develop his product. If you haven't noticed, he does it for fun,  
>> and he does
>> it in his own way. If you don't like it, you can always grab that  
>> refund.
>>
>
> Although I agree with you for the most part, the fact that we have  
> paid a fair
> amount for this product does mean that we can publicly make  
> suggestions. In fact,
> that's one of the reasons I actually paid for TextMate. I knew that  
> although Allan
> didn't make the source available, he made himself available and  
> actively participated
> in the mailing lists, and thus I could complain if something was  
> broken. I thought
> of the license not as a license to use the software, since I could  
> probably find a
> way to use it unlicensed, but as a license to complain about it.
> 3
> If this were free software, then yes, complaining would be out of  
> place. But it's
> not, and although Shawn's tone does come across as pretty abrasive,  
> he still has
> every right to complain. Assuming, of course, that he's paid his  
> complaint tax.
>
> That being said, I haven't felt the need to complain about anything.
>
> -dudley
>
>
>
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