<x-flowed>All the comments are good, but as far as I can tell no one is looking at
polarizing the guy.
People just expect Standard Professional Support and Interaction for
software purchased. Nothing more, nothing less.

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On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 11:15 AM, Seth Dillingham wrote:

> On 2/5/02, Steve Ivy said:
>
>> Thanks for the ideas, and the bit of comment sense, too. I hope that
>> we as Frontier developers can take the high road in these situations.
>
> I hope so too, Steve, but evidence seems to indicate otherwise.
>
>> I always look to Seth as an example of how to handle Dave - he's been
>> stepped on as much as anyone I know in the Frontier community, but he
>> has managed to maintain a sense of dignity and respect in the midst of
>> what I can only imagine has been immense personal frustration. (How DO
>> you do it, Seth?)
>
> This is tough, I don't know exactly how to respond.
>
> I'm flattered that you see me as some sort of example, but that's a
> little overwhelming too.
>
> My opinion -- and that's all this is -- is that too many people want to
> polarize Dave. He's either some superhero programming visioneer god, or
> he's the supreme leader of the underworld, the dark force that geeks
> tell their children about when they misbehave.
>
> Worshipping him is no better than hating him.
>
> Blah blah blah... I've written a lot more, but I'm just so tired of
> everybody wanting to talk about Dave, so I'm leaving it out.
>
> This is a scripter's list, not a paparazzi-wannabe list.
>
> (Again, just my opinion. It's not my list, either.)
>
> Seth
>


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