Re: And now, from the author of the DOS Disk post, a post that actually relates to this newsgroup.

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

tturner@ecn.ab.ca () wrote:

>Jeff Blakeney (CUTblakeney@home.com) wrote:
>
>: On 14 Nov 99 20:26:23 GMT, tturner@ecn.ab.ca () wrote:
>: >    A heartfelt thank-you to _ALL_ that keep the A2 torch burning
>: >    brightly. No matter the backgrounds - we all still care . . .
>
>: Yes, comp.sys.apple2 does help to support our beloved hardware and its
>: older software.  One of the big reasons I stick around here is to help
>: those people who are new to the internet and don't know about
>: alternate sources of Apple II info such as Delphi, Shareware Solutions
>: II, Juiced.GS and others.
>
>: But if only the big names in the Apple II community could hear this
>: kind of thing, and hear it more often, we might have an even healthier
>: software industry.  These are the people still producing and
>: supporting new software but unfortunately most of them don't read
>: these newsgroups anymore.  If you have a Delphi account, posting a
>: message like this there would help bolster the spirits of people like
>: Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd, Richard Bennett, Ewen Wannop, Geoff Weiss and
><snip>
>
>--> Unfortunately, that I cannot do as I do not have a Delphi Account.
>
>    Nor will I, anytime soon; as I am not comfortable being forced to
>    register, in order to gain access. There may (or may not) be any
>    `cost' to joining - but I do not wish to give out my name, email
>    or address to an organization that may (or may not) use my info
>    and/or interests to target me or to sell (or give) the info to
>    anyone else. One may be able to confidently tell me that no,
>    there is no charge and no, they do not use the info for any
>    nefarious purpose and one could probably note that who would
>    care in today's day and age; about some old A2 user's interests
>    and one could well be right. One could also note that much of the
>    info that I'm uncomfortable giving out is available right now, from
>    my postings and one would be reasonably correct. Nevertheless; none
>    of this changes the fact that any place that wants me to register
>    before giving me access makes me extremely uncomfortable/unhappy.

I agree.  I too do not have a Delphi account.

But csa2 is a fine place to support the Apple II.  I mean,
like you I stick around here and direct new users to the
sources of software.  The developers might not like csa2,
but they cannot change the fact that I KNOW some of
the new users I've informed about THEIR (the developer's)
products have BOUGHT those products.

I'm sure the few developers who care to read csa2 once
in a while know that I'm costantly plugging their products.
In fact, some people have even complained that my
information posts to new users are infomercials for the
IIGS and IIGS products.  However, I feel that the benefits
justify the actions.  Users have emailed me about how
they got Focus drives and Sirius memory from Alltech,
System 6.0.1 from Byte Works, Harmonie from Joe
Kohn's Shareware Solutions II, ProTERM from Intrec,
and Spectrum/SIS from Seven Hills.  I only wish the
developers admit that support for their products and for
them is coming from csa2.

Csa2 is not the bad place some folks think it is.  And
not everyone interested in supporting the Apple II is or
will go on Delphi.  I'm not saying Delphi is bad.  It is
a good forum.  But so is csa2.  There should not be
an artificial line drawn between the two.