I am sorry to hear my post has offended you so much. In fact, quite a lot of people find the product very useful. That you don't is fine - you don't have to use it (even though it actually does more than you wrongly assume it does). My posting of a single message to this list (and an identical one to the assp development list) re the product update is hardly spamming - it refers to a product that is of direct relevance to ASSP itself, and is directly pertinent to ASSP users who also use my ASSP Toolbar for Outlook.
Just because ASSP itself is freeware in no way requires or implies that added-value, related products should also be free, and anyone who feels an *entitlement* to free software needs to re-evaluate the reasonableness of his/her expectations. -----Original Message----- From: Alex Frunza [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:27 PM To: For Users of ASSP Subject: Re: [Assp-user] FreeYourNet Announces Version 2.1.2 ofASSPToolbarforOutlook O.K., maybe it can be useful. What really bothered me is that it was an advert, sort of a spammy message on a list for an anti-spam product, you know? :-) On 9/23/2009 2:42 PM, Hill, Brett wrote: > Alex Frunza wrote: > >> Sorry to say this but I am not impressed. ASSP is a fully >> free, GNU-licensed product and I don't think creating useless >> software is any help. >> > I wouldn't go so far as to say it's "useless" because it isn't. It does > what it says it does (however simple it may appear). Yes, I know I can > do it all manually, but now I don't have to. I find it to be quite a > time-saver. > > >> I mean the product is not impressive at all, it just end >> e-mails to ASSP's e-mail interface an user can send >> him/herself without problems. >> And they ask you to pay for that? hmm... >> > Do you find (driving.a.car|riding.a.bike|taking.the.bus) to work > useless? Try walking and you'll see how useless it is. Of course > you'll get there, but maybe not as soon as you wanted to. > > Supply and demand. Obviously, Steve has found something people are > willing to pay for. You have the freedom not to buy it if you don't > want to. =) > > Kind Regards, > Brett > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > Assp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
