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In a msg of , Andy Roberts writes to Frits Spieker:
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Andy,
 AR> I'm really sorry that you didn't understand why people consider you
 AR> to be a SOB.

I can address that.  Some time ago Fritz spent about a month flaming me for
using an "illegal, pirated copy" of Netscape/2 I had downloaded from IBM's
site, as if (1) he had anything to say about it, and (2) he had any idea what
he was talking about.


 AR>  Both of you did things to earn a very bad reputation.

Brad, OTOH, released and sold bug infested software that caused far more
problems than it solved, refused to fix it, and even refused to acknowledge
repeated requests for help in making the stuff do something useful, even tho I 
am (or was) a licensed user of three of his programs.  One of them (Process
Commander) has NEVER worked since I bought it, and it's reputation is so bad I 
can't find anyone who wants it even at 10% of my cost.  Object Desktop 2, the
overpriced box of bells and whistles, won't allow my machine to boot up once
it is installed, but I was able to sell it at a loss. I still use PMINews, but 
the first release had dozens of bugs, some of which killed the entire database 
when it crashed... frequently.  Version 2 also has numerous bugs, including
not doing some things correctly that v 1.x did... they fixed a few bugs,
introduced some new ones, and broke some things that used to work!

And, instead of fixing the problems with the existing software, he spent time
writing GAMES!

I still contend that the reason IBM didn't give him a license for a Warp
client was because some of their people had bought and installed some of his
existing software.  If that's the case, I'm thrilled that IBM thought enough
of its' existing userbase not to turn over development of a new client to
someone had already demonstrated a complete lack of both competence and
business ethics.

-[Steve]-

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