Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 21:14:55 12/22/97
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Well Ed, beta testing has nothing to do with the present arguments. When you ask a beta tester to keep things secret while beta testing and if the beta tester doesn't do that, then you fire the beta tester because the beta tester is working for you. You only keep the beta tester if he provides information that helps you fix flaws in your program. The contract is that the beta tester gets a clean finished version copy. If he is not a good beta tester you fire him and get someone else. You can also fire a friend if you consider that the no. 1 rule for a friend is 100% loyalty above all else. If the friend happens to be a journalist and you expect that he should keep quiet on information that is already public and the tipster who provided the friend/journalist with info subsequently lambasts the journalist with the question of why I didn't release the tip, what does the journalist say? Does the journalist say "Well because Ed was my friend , I could not release this info because I have to protect him" The public would say that I am "in bed with a programmer" because I am protecting a software company's 'free product. How would anyone ever respect anything that I would say about Rebel in the future? The key is that I would't knowlingly release info that would send you into bankruptcy, but this is hardly the same case. When releasing the info, I didn't know that you had already taken it off. BUT I did realize that it might hurt you a little, therefore I did try to contact you. I knew that this info (which at least 2 people and as it turns out more knew about the workaround) would be released soon. Therefore I released it. Would there be a brou haha if McKone himself had released it ? No the incident would have passed without comment. Only because I am Komputer Korner am I getting these attacks. If you still think that I am a friend of yours send me an email. We owe each other nothing , but I am always available to help you in any way I can ( except of course trying to sweep public info under the table:))))) You were the one to call me a liar. I have never used those words on you. On December 22, 1997 at 03:27:25, Ed Schröder wrote: >Like to add a few personal notes to you Alan because in your defense >is a contradiction concerning "journalism" and being "friends". In >this special case you can't have them both IMHO. > > >>At the same time I sent emails to Ed and Rob to warn them and even >>attempted to telephone ED at home. > >If you were so concerned about me what about sending an email and then >wait for an answer? I asked you before but you didn't reply. > > >>I fulfilled my responsibilities both as a journalist and as a friend. >>Unfortunately the journalist in me came first. I rationalized that >>since it was public knowledge, publishing was fair game. > >>Okay I lost a friend . I accept that. > >No you should not. >But that's my view of course. > > >>But I do not accept that you accuse me of dishonesty or of >>lacking integrity. > >Alan, you were a beta tester for Rebel8 and Rebel9. You called yourself >a friend. But you didn't act like a friend. Now you know what I want. >I want the subject to die as soon as possible. > >So it's up to you to decide what is more important for you. "Friendship" >or the "journalist" in you. IMHO you can't use both arguments in your >defense. > >- Ed -
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