Re: Think Before Flaming

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <C31ELJ.1pz@well.sf.ca.us> joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn) writes:
>
>I'm really upset with a few of the messages that I've gotten today.

You really should've been surprised by them...

>Did it ever occur to any of you that sent me nasty-grams that I paid the
>FTA hundreds of dollars for the software that I hinted I have?  If not, I

Nope.  You never said it or hinted it or anything else, therefore are we all
supposed to be psychic?  I can see it now...

<GSUser> (dials 1-900-JOE-KOHN)
(900 Psychic) "I sense that Joe paid hundreds of dollars for FTA software that
should've been free in the first place.  Go easy on him".
<GSUser> oh, dear...

>I find it ironic that people here on c.s.a2 flame me. I have probably
>done more to promote the Apple II than anyone else reading this. For the

Blah.  Being conceited never got anyone anywhere.  I and many others recognize
your accomplishments and work towards furthering the Apple II, but you have a
bent for shameless self-promotion which really turns a lot of people off,
myself included.  The above sentence is a golden example.

[sob story deleted]

>You've heard it before, but the world is composed of givers and takers.
>I'm a giver, and I've been giving and giving and giving of myself and my
>time to the Apple II community for many years. At least with the 30
>non-profit organizations that I volunteer my time, to teach them how to
>use their Apple II's, I get profuse thanks.

Once again, your status as an Apple II person isn't the point.  The point is
that you were using apparantly free unreleased software to get a tour of the
Kennedy Space Center, much like your past efforts to sell other FTA titles
(thank god Gog uploaded NTGS to Talisman).  In this case, given that you paid
for the software, attempting to recoup your losses is fine.  But you didn't
tell or hint at that (see next paragraph).

Please take this post as it was intended...I'm not trying to flame you or
discourage you, I'm simply saying that you need to be straight with us.  When
people like James and I are given 2 and 2, we normally get 4.  Unless you tell
people about the extra '1', we're free to assume anything we like, which may
or may not be what you intended.  In short, Apple II users are human too.


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