[Dxspider-support] File forwarding and other questions

[George Lloyd]

Well the following will REALLY encourage input and progression! I don't think 
there was any need for the insulting rantings for what was valid comments.

I get the feeling reading this reflector that is is best to keep your mouth 
shut and accept what you get unless you want to be insulted for making any 
kind of comment.

>
> I am NOT writing or maintaining an AK1A clone. Nothing will be achieved
> other that keeping one or two people, that have forgotten the conditions
> written in their licence documents, happy. Can I remind you that a
> principle licencing condition is "for self-training". Self training
> implies experimenting; doing different (something we like to do a lot of
> here in Norfolk) and, above all, LEARNING! All of these imply CHANGE.
>
> If you are unhappy with the way commands are done in DXSpider (and I may
> add: that in the next release or two all those damn '/' characters will
> become optional [I repeat: OPTIONAL]), then please would you do me the
> courtesy of using some other package more to your liking and
> unsubscribing from this reflector instead of sniping from the sidelines.
> I will not be bound by some archaic command parser (including the one
> that we are still using in current versions of DXSpider) if I can
> provide improvements by doing something different (for those of you new
> to my stuff, please don't get overly scared by this - I tend to work in
> a very gradual way).
>
> People have prevailed upon me and I have gone to a great deal more
> trouble than I personally wanted, to maintain command line compatibility
> with AK1A. As time goes on and new commands are added, it is extremely
> unlikely that these commands will be compatibile with AK1A at all. But
> then AK1A probably does not have the functionality that these commands
> would provide either.
>
> Just to make it absolutely clear. I am writing this stuff FOR MY SELF
> TRAINING, for ME, so that I can LEARN A BIT MORE - selfish fool that I
> am!
>
> If other people are kind enough to help, either by using the software,
> adding to it, pointing out bugs or asking for features to added that is
> great, important to me and I REALLY appreciate it. But at the end of the
> day, it is me that does most of work, so I get to make most of
> decisions.

-- 
G.B. Lloyd
g.lloyd at essexpkt.co.uk
www.essexpkt.co.uk 
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