Re: GS WorldView - May2000 Issue NEWS

[cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2)]

Bruce Baker writes:
<<
You have your magazine, fine.  We'll let others decide whose is best, but I
imagine there is room for both of you.>>

Exactly Bruce.  I have no problem with Max or Juiced GS.  Max seems to have a
problem with me and GS WorldView.  I'm all for Max making money and I used to
subscribe to Juiced GS myself and liked it too.  You seem to have misunderstood
my post.  Max calls me names and dislikes me and my online ezine.  That's fine
with me.  But, I consider Max and many others like him to be what I term as an
A2 vogon.  That being people that redundantly nit-pick issues, misquote posts
be deleting important portions of them, preach to others in a compulsive and
obsessive style about doing what they see as WRONG, IMMORAL and so on, trashing
them for doing such and constantly harping to the general public to avoid doing
such things and/or following those that do such.  They label them with 
childish names which don't show very mature natures.

I do what I do freely without asking for money for what I offer.  And again...
I have no problems with others making money in any way they see fit within the
Apple II community, with publications, news letters, selling commercial
software titles, etc.  The more the merrier!  That's the way I feel and I hope
they are happy and successful with their efforts.  I DO NOT try to stop people
from buying or subscribing to what they have to offer.

What more can I say.  If people don't trash me out in public over my doing
things that I perceive and being right and of useful value to the general Apple
II users - then I won't come back on them.

In short there is plenty of room for both types in this current Apple II
community.  We both exist and will continue to exist as such.  So, the constant
trashing and bickering between these two distinctively different types of
people that do make up the Apple II community on the Internet today really is a
useless effort that makes for no productive end results from either side.  I've
got better things to do with my time and I'm sure they do also!  

I suggest that we both spend less time ranting with each other and trashing
each other out on this newgroup and spend more time doing what we do best for
the needs of the masses of Apple II users around the world.

Like any sort of a community (be it a REAL one of a VIRTUAL one on the
Internet), it takes all kinds to make it work and keep it going  in a
productive fashion - live and let live makes for smooth sailing on the seven
seas.  They can razz me, call me names, rag on me or whatever they care to do. 
It won't change me and it won't chase me away from what I enjoy doing.

My main project at the present is to work on a massive reclassification of
about 2300 Apple2 titles from their stagnant and dormant old status of
commercial titles to freeware for noncommercial online distribution for
personal use only by download of them in ShrinkIt archive format.

I don't care weither people believe me or not on this.  If I'm successful with
it, I'll provide valid proof for all doubters to varify.  If I'm not successful
with it - then at least I tried and did my best with it.    

That's all I've got to say for now.

Cheers,
Tom