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End Users: Ding ding... Round 1 - let the battle begin! (or an editor gets annoyed)
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Friday, November 15, 2002 - 02:45 AM, (4047 Reads)
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It started as quite an innocent posting on csaa by the wizard known as Dave Ruck (the genius behind probably the most useful product ever, disknight). An unofficial mailing list was closed and a new spangly one covering all RISC OS graphics cards opened.
Innocent enough...
Next, under the "Right to Reply" banner, the graphics hardware whizz supreme, John Kortink gave a response.
All well and good...
Not. The normally tranquil and slighly glowing arena that is csah has become an inferno of claim and counter claim.
As is the case in the world against Viewfinder usenet arguments we see two well known RISC OS bods and quite a lot of users getting embroiled in a mud slinging and handbags at dawn affair.
On the basis of all usenet articles on this matter and a friendly couple of people on both the Viewfinder and RISC OS graphics card list, the weight of evidence firmly falls against JK. Of course, this could be complete bumpkin.
What is apparent though is the levels to which our once great platform is plumetting to. There are personality clashes on csap, a regular JK vs everyone on misc (or so it seems) and very little else.
We all gripe, we all bemoan, we all complain. There is nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is accusations made on a mailing list being brought into the public arena or past mistakes being constantly dredged back up. It does us no good whatsoever and actually makes people wonder why bother. People are being accused of making slanderous comments about others, various unpleasant names being broadcast around usenet and the such.
Come on folks - let's draw a line and start getting things back together. We have a potentially rosy future ahead with new hardware literally just around the corner. Do you want to see the likes of the Omega and Iyonix hitting the ground and instead of running, sort of falling down and spasmodically juddering from time to time? Given the current showings, that may not be too far from the truth.
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Re: Ding ding... Round 1 - let the battle begin! (or an editor gets annoyed)
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by jerryf on Nov 15, 2002 - 12:51 PM
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DiskKnight the most useful product ever ? Yeah, I use it every day ... ;-) Not ... Viewfinder on the other hand ... 'Handbags at dawn'. I like that. :-)
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Re: Ding ding... Round 1 - let the battle begin! (or an editor gets annoyed)
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by jerryf on Nov 15, 2002 - 12:55 PM
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Oh, and, arguments put aside, lets not forget we need this JK bloke far more than druck. Druck's good, but should back off this one.
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