Re: irc -appleiigs

[guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin)]

Chris Shepherd (belgo@berg.org) wrote:

: You're really not getting this are you? The channel name is #appleiigs.
: We're not trying to overrun the Apple II community, because by and large
: we don't care about it. I don't claim to have any stake at all in your
: so-called 'gs community', in fact I don't even own a GS. You and your
: German friend would do well do can the insults which have flowed so freely
: from your lips, and realize this fact. Note that I haven't insulted you
: at all. Pot? Kettle? Black?

I don't know Toby, we just share the same attitude. I have not insulted you
or Dave directly, except that I called you a sucker, which you are. Yes,
people like you are motivation suckers and the psychological damage which
is done by your kind is far more worse than the damage from the lowest
software pirate in the world. And speaking of insults, who has started 
to use vulgare language, you or me? Keep your flame bait for yourself, please!

I believe that arrogance is a kind of occupational disease among Apple
programmers. I hope that I don't aquire this attitude when I have
written some working IIgs programs. Fortunately there are still many nice
guys left on csa2. Some of them have even contributed some useful programs,
but this should be not so important. The most important thing is the
Apple II spirit which you have long lost.

If you have trashed your Apple II and get ecstatic when you see a Mac or an
UNIX system, it's ok. I use both systems, too. But it's not ok to bug
the people who are still convinced that the gs architecture is worth
further development. You should really rename your channel, then you
won't have to deal with so many Apple II nerds who are just seeking friends.

But I don't expect that my advice will be accepted, as the people on
#appleiigs seem to accept no other opinions than their own...

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