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Posted by Ben C on 08/13/07 21:41
On 2007-08-13, Albert Wiersch <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote:
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> "Ben C" <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote in message
> news:slrnfbucbe.a78.spamspam@bowser.marioworld...
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>> What's my agenda? I'm not the one trying to sell software here.
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> It's quite clear. You're agenda is to bash a good program because you don't
> like the name and/or don't like author.
I don't like the name, but I have nothing against the author. As I've
explained I don't believe this tool has any proper place in the process
of learning or authoring HTML.
Your main competitor is not rival tools but the knowledge that people
don't need such a tool at all. I believe they don't and so I'm going to
say so.
You say lots of people say they have benefited from your tool. I say
lots of people have benefited from not having it.
> Perhaps you are upset at the success of a program like CSE HTML
> Validator that's been around over 10 years.
It doesn't really upset me that you've got away with selling it for 10
years. Worse things have made more money.
It's not just that it lacks value: you're mis-selling it by taking
advantage of people's ignorance. But rather than preach to you about the
ethics of that (on which I don't take a hard line) I'd rather just point
out why I think people don't need it and shouldn't buy it so they can
make up their own minds.
> It seems you also bash people who don't do things your way...
I try to reserve the bulk of the bashing for you.
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>Basically, you imply that they're stupid if they don't do things your
>way.
Totally untrue.
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