[TxMt] Re: Honest assessment of TM2's state please!

[John Vilsack]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Chris O'Connor <chriso1515 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I bought TM under the impression that it was being actively developed,
> due in no small part to the notice that TM2 would require leopard at a
> minimum. Allan may not "owe" anyone anything, but that notice
> certainly implied that TM2 was already well underway, and was expected
> well before now. Also, you can't blame folks getting curious when the
> blog has been *so* silent for many months, yet again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveat_emptor




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> Thanks
>
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> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:46 PM, John Vilsack
> <john.vilsack at activesportsinc.com> wrote:
>> I love conversations like this.  People that hope to curry favor rush
>> to the defense of the oppressed business owner, yelling "LEAVE BRITNEY
>> ALONE!" while others indignantly proclaim that purchasing a piece of
>> software somehow entitles you to some sort of protracted support
>> contract that the developer is in grave violation of.
>>
>> We all entered into the same legally binding agreement that provided
>> us with a version of software that would work (at the time) with the
>> system listed in the requirements.  Other than that, we are owed
>> nothing.
>>
>> If Lion comes out tomorrow and Textmate doesn't work, we are SOL.
>> If Textmate doesn't meet your requirements for transparency and
>> release cycles, by all means exercises your rights of free market
>> capitalism and select a competitor.  The market is full of them these
>> days.
>>
>> But if you bought Textmate solely based on the fact that Textmate 2
>> "might" be out there, then you are an idiot.  They even gave you 30
>> days to be sure.
>>
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