Author: odell hall
Date: 15:58:16 11/14/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 18:49:24, allan johnson wrote: >On November 14, 1999 at 17:03:21, odell hall wrote: > >>Hi CCC >> >> From reading someone of the rather Rude responses to My Post, It is pretty >>clear that my post has been misuderstood. The funny thing is that the first Five >>responses seemed to have clearly understood my post, then one obnoxious >>response and then there is a flood of mass hysteria, as if people decided not to >>think for themselves, and got caught up in the madness of the one person who >>clearly misunderstood my post, kind of like a domino effect. Firstly I never >>suggested that any programmer should give away his program!!! What I meant by >>sharing is that a Programmer should sell his program if it is incredibly strong. >> I was really referring to Tiger and Ferret, as I am not interested in any of >>the others. So basically I was expressing regret that I am not able to buy two >>very good programs at the moment. I wish that the people in this group would act >>a little more responsibly and if they do not understand something to politely >>ask me what I meant, instead of attacking my post with insults. >> Also I did not expect for anyone to take literally my use of the word >>criminal. I should have known better as I have been severly critized in this >>forum for using common metaphors. My post is not an attack on programmers!, >>it's actually a vieled compliment, as I am frustrated I can't get my hands on >>what I consider two exceptional programs. So if I was Bruce or Christopher I >>would take my post as a compliment, not a attack!! I thought that the context >>of my post made clear what my intent was, after all I am not talking to children >>here, but apparently with some you have to be precise in every jot of a word as >>some lack the most basic of understanding. > >Odell > There's a lesson to be learnt here and that is to say what you >mean the first time clearly.I personally don't think you were intentionally >being critically of programmers because I know where you are coming from but > I can see that it is easy to misinterpret your messages because of a misused >metaphor or a poorly phrased hyperbole.The fact that you apologise and explain >your outpourings does not always satisfy some critics. >Rabbits Well it seems the first three posters understood very clearly what I was saying and gave some good non-offensive insights explaining some of the problems associated with marketing a program. I thought that a group with so many sopposed intellegent people could read the body of my message and see that I was not talking about giving a program away, since my very last sentence spoke about programmers making money. Infact my third sentence spoke of money being a strong motivation for publishing a program. So I really don't see how anyone could really misunderstand my post, unless ofcourse they just don't want to understand it, and want to be hostile.
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