Hey mark,

11 Jul 04 20:31, you wrote to Charles P. Adkins:
 ml> frontdoor has only had one main author as did the others... each
 ml> business is free to determine their fees and regulations... you call
 ml> it nickel and dimeing... they call it putting food on their table and
 ml> paying their rent so thay can give you what you believe you desire...
 ml> without food and rent, they can't do anything at all to provide you
 ml> the software that you have...

Exactly!

 ml> i'm a shareware author, myself, and i don't guarantee or promise
 ml> anything other than it will take up space on your drive... if it works
 ml> for you, that's great... if not, you own all parts and pieces ;)
 ml> other than that, /if/ i can get another version or program written and
 ml> released, that's a good thing... if, at some time, i see that i can't
 ml> do it any more, then i'm under no obligation to remain or support
 ml> it... as much as i'd hate it, i'd not have much choice in the
 ml> matter...
Same here. I've written a couple pieces of software with another in the
works. It usually works, but if not, then DANG! Oh well. Sorry.


 ml> maybe instead of whining and crying like you do above, you should try
 ml> it yourself and see what its like... it takes a lot more than a few
 ml> hours a night after a long days work to get this stuff done... and
 ml> when you throw a family in with children and a spouse who also wants
 ml> their time with you, well, you count the hours available and tell us
 ml> what you come up with ;)
Don't I know that one. NLBuild has already taken three times the amount of
time I guessed. And it's not quite done yet. A few hours? Don't I wish!

-- Dan

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