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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Most sysops are
a pleasure to work with. However on this reflector there are several
bullies who try to stifle any comments that aren't saying what a great job
everyone is doing. Constructive criticism is taken as a personal attack on
them all. They rally the troops and try to run off anyone that
doesn't agree with them. I get direct emails and phone calls from other
sysops and users about my comments on here. They are supportive of what I
am trying to do, which is to clean up the cluster. Not wanting to be the
subject of abuse themselves, they are reluctant to post anything on here.
This group has a bad reputation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Spider software is good. Dirk has fixed a lot
of bugs that the old AK1A software had. He continues to come up with
innovative ideas on how to solve problems. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I got banned from the AR Cluster reflector for
saying Spider software was better than AR Cluster, which I had paid
$600 for. It had bugs that the author could not or would not fix.
For $600 I thought I was entitled to ask him to fix the bugs. I didn't get
my money back either, after I was cut off support.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I then switched to Spider under Windows. I
found that when I got to 60 users, no more could connect. Turns out to be
a bug in Perl. I tried to work around this and finally gave up.
My background is in Windows programming so I then wrote my own cluster
software. I wrote it to be compatible with existing software,
including Spider. I continue to follow Dirk's development and make
changes to mine to keep the compatibility. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have been an AK1A, AR Cluster, Spider and now a
CC Cluster sysop. Hopefully I can contribute to the DX Cluster's
success. I am not the enemy. The abusers of the cluster are the
enemy. They are the ones that can destroy it. Look what they did to
DX Summit.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lee</FONT></DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">I
never said that Lee and personal insults do not wash with me. You have
not read my previous post at all. You shout and scream but apart from
blaming other sysops you have had nothing positive to say at all. You
claim to be trying to help the network but you are being diversive and
personally insulting. I don't see what that achieves. I actually
do care very much about the network and try to protect it as much as I
can. I can also debate without resorting to personal jibes :)<BR><BR>73
Ian (an Oak btw)<BR><BR>
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