> I wasn't referring to Mark at all...that was directed at the > people responding to bug reports for Eclipse. Instead of > basically telling everyone with Vista they are SOL because > the zipping protocol they use or something within how they > zip their files doesn't work in Vista...they should be trying > to fix that issue so that it is compatible with Vista...even > if it is a limitation coming from Vista. By telling everyone > tough crap...I'm not doing squat about it...it's a Vista > issue and it is MS's problem, not theirs...that is a piss > poor attitude. I can't imagine Symantec, Yahoo, or any other > software company just say...tough crap...Vista users are just > SOL...and anyone expect them to stay in business for long. > Now granted Eclipse is free...but free does ensure success > when they are being rude or acting like small children in > anti-MS mode.
If you can't imagine any other software company would just say "tough crap", you have been amazingly lucky. I get told "tough crap" all the time from vendors who were happy to sell me things and take my money. Sometimes, vendors won't even answer your questions without a support contract, and then when you do get one, their answer is "that doesn't work" or "maybe in the next release". I could list just the times that's happened this week - and it's only Wednesday - but it's making me angry just thinking about it, and I'd probably regret it later. Oh, well, here's a golden oldie from earlier this year. DST 2007 support for Exchange 5.5 - Microsoft says "tough crap, unless you want to pay us upward of $5k for a DLL that we have". And when "tough crap" boils down to "use Winzip", that's not really putting you out too much. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282355 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
