Alright, this thread got me to open CFE back up after more than a week. Like I said earlier, is there a licensing problem with Brian setting up Eclipse how he does with all his bells and whistles and releasing it as the Brian Kotek Signature Edition or something?
Greg On 6/27/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282365 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
