Re: Reflections on the loss of the Official CSA2 FAQs

[wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith)]

On 15 Jul 1998 02:50:57 GMT, cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2) wrote:

|>Today I celebrated (or was that celebated :) my 23rd  wedding
|>anniversary.

Happy Anniversary!  :)

|>"This page permanently deleted

i'm SHOCKED!   but, what a BIRTHDAY present!  <g>  (today, 7/15, being
my b-day and all.....  hmmm....)

|>It is with great regret that I must announce that I feel that the
|>Apple II community has been turned into a wasteland by pirates,
|>thieves and liars.

he certainly has a flair for blowing things out of proportion, doesn't
he?

|> Further, a community that refuses to stand up to
|>these scum is participating in their nonsense-- especially when they
|>get suckered into believing that politeness is more important than
|>the truth.

"suckered into"??  i was always taught that politeness IS important.
when did that change?  of course, there's a difference from "truth of
the past" and "truth of the present"....  that's the lesson that
Nathan apparently hasn't bothered to learn.  8(

|>The Apple II community doesn't give a shit about the constant
|>piracy, thievery, and hate of developers. 

ummmm...  actually we DO, but some take try to put things into
perspective...  <shrug>

|>And what's worse is that
|>more people throw a fit that I just used a 4 letter word instead of
|>being angry at the pirates that are truly killing the Apple II's
|>future.

<gasp!>  that's it, Nathan!  you're eating THIS!  <pointing at bar of
soap>

|>As long as the Apple II community is too idiotic to tell the
|>difference between the truth and lies couched in politeness, to tell

so we're IDIOTS now?

|>the difference between supporting pirates and developers, to tell
|>the difference between meaningless talk and actually creating, it

correct me if i'm wrong, but don't creations BEGIN with talking about
them?  that's how plans are MADE, right?

|>Special mentions of thieves, liars, and crooks who have tried their
|>best to push away developers: Charles Turley (piracy and lies), Jeff
|>Hurlburt (aka Rubywand and SiFan-- more lies and outright hate of
|>developers, as the Wolf3D incident proved), Karl Asha (running a
|>pirate site), Patrick Kane (same), Steve Mentzer (posting many
|>pirated materials, then claiming for years to not have done so). The
|>blame for lack of Apple II development lies firmly at their feet,
|>but nobody seems to have cared.

POOP!  i didn't make the LIST!  does that mean i have to give up my
Pirate's Badge?

|>And from me to the Apple II community: goodbye and good riddance.
|>You asked for developers to shun you, and they're too happy to
|>oblige.

over-reacting again.  i don't recall us actually asking for anyone but
HIM to leave......  does he actually think that he's got so much
"pull" that he can take other developers WITH him?  the only thing i
know with THAT kind of pull is a a black hole...

|> Don't bother contacting me; filters have been put in place
|>to automatically toast such messages.

figures.

|>To which I simply reply: Thanks Nathan. What a perfectly lovely
|>anniversary gift and Christian thing to do!  If you ever want to
|>come back with your Apple II offerings, give me a buzz.  I've done 
|>it enough and certainly know how.

heheheheh....

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William Smith
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