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Re: [perl] tag is a cruel joke, and user-defined tags don't do ja ck , squat. HELP! How do I use Perl!?
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Barry Treahy wrote:
> ****** message to minivend-users from Barry Treahy <treahy@mmaz.com> ******
>
> Evil, wicked, American Capitalism, eh? Maybe a silly question, but if you are so against
> making money, then why are you attempting to setup a shopping system on the Internet which,
> by the way, originated in America!!!
For a job I have.
And because I don't find the idea of selling goods or services (for fair
prices) evil. Just the idea of selling information.
Didn't the KKK also originate in America?...
>
> > > I make $10 an hour. Do I look like I can spare $15,000? I'm an advocate
> > > of the open-source world and I hate American capitalism (the sort of
> > > thinking that produced the idea of a $15,000 piece of software). And it
> > > bothers me when people who produce good software produce horrible
> > > documentation. If you care enough to produce good software, care enough to
> > > document it well, or have someone do it for ya, surely?
>
> Rather than bitch, why not offer to help the documentation project? Not only would you
> learn a lot about MV, but you would make a tangible contribution to MV to help keep
> open-source software viable...
>
After around half of the people in the MiniVend world try to shoot me out
of the sky for DARING to raise my voice against the piss-poor
documentation for this admittedly VERY FINE product? Should I really?
People, wake up and smell the coffee-- MiniVend is a solid, good piece of
software with documentation that isn't fit for toilet paper. The FAQ could
fit on my thumbnail and the documentation has not yet yielded a solution
to ANY of the problems of any complexity worth noting that I have had. And
the worst part is that you guys are afraid to hear it.
> Also, you may be stuck at $10/hr because of your attitude, ever consider that???
Nope. Cuz I only _ask_ for around that much. I undersell myself because
I have better things to do than try to get rich.
>
> Barry Treahy
>
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