No one said he was "on the hook" to supply anything. He already supplied it, and, however possibly inadvertantly, picked certain of his customers to to receive notices about it, and others not to, who all paid the same money, without the justification of for example non payment or other bad customer behavior.
-- bkw On Aug 27, 2017 12:41 PM, "Hagstrom, Paul" <hagst...@bu.edu> wrote: > The device updates itself, no Twitter account needed. Just type > ATUPDATECHECK to see if there's a new update. I don't see any good coming > of presuming that any hobbyist/enthusiast who designs something and makes > it available to the community for essentially cost is on the hook for > corporate-level customer service. Everyone who owns one has a way to check > for updates, there's no real advantage conferred by knowing there's an > update prior to the next connection of the device. > > -Paul > > > > On Aug 27, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Actually it sounds like he never engaged Rickard on political topics, > but Rick penalized him for his political views anyway, in ways he pointedly > never penalized Rickard. > > > > This discussion isn't about politics. It's about Rickard failing to be > an adult. > > > > I think it was very useful knowledge to know that he behaves in that > way. You buy a product and then are excluded from firmware updates unless > you figure out that something is up and find your own way around his > attempt to block you? Did your money stop working in his bank account? Did > he return it? > > > > Here's how you know this discussion isn't about politics: I don't even > technically know which ofbthese two people's politics I agree with. The > adult in the conversation has appropriately not said. It's about Rickard's > behavior to customers, not Rickards politics. > > > > -- > > bkw > > > > > > On Aug 27, 2017 11:48 AM, "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: > > It's not a gray area. No politics on this list means no politics on this > list. I don't need to know what you think and you don't need to know what I > think on political issues not directly related to vintage computers. It's > not that hard to not get into that stuff. > > > > Even if it's related I don't like flame wars on tangential issues like > intellectual property on the list. The discussions never solve anything and > it just makes people angry. > > > > Sounds like the moral of the story for wifi232 is don't engage Rickard > on political topics if you don't agree with him. Good to know. > > > > -- John. > > > >
