Subj : FastEcho Registration To : mark lewis From : Dan Egli Date : Mon Jul 12 2004 09:02 am Hey mark, 11 Jul 04 20:31, you wrote to Charles P. Adkins: ml> frontdoor has only had one main author as did the others... each ml> business is free to determine their fees and regulations... you call ml> it nickel and dimeing... they call it putting food on their table and ml> paying their rent so thay can give you what you believe you desire... ml> without food and rent, they can't do anything at all to provide you ml> the software that you have... Exactly! ml> i'm a shareware author, myself, and i don't guarantee or promise ml> anything other than it will take up space on your drive... if it works ml> for you, that's great... if not, you own all parts and pieces ;) ml> other than that, /if/ i can get another version or program written and ml> released, that's a good thing... if, at some time, i see that i can't ml> do it any more, then i'm under no obligation to remain or support ml> it... as much as i'd hate it, i'd not have much choice in the ml> matter... Same here. I've written a couple pieces of software with another in the works. It usually works, but if not, then DANG! Oh well. Sorry. ml> maybe instead of whining and crying like you do above, you should try ml> it yourself and see what its like... it takes a lot more than a few ml> hours a night after a long days work to get this stuff done... and ml> when you throw a family in with children and a spouse who also wants ml> their time with you, well, you count the hours available and tell us ml> what you come up with ;) Don't I know that one. NLBuild has already taken three times the amount of time I guessed. And it's not quite done yet. A few hours? Don't I wish! -- Dan --- FMail/Win32 1.60 * Origin: * Coming Soon! Telnet://thedungeon.dnsalias.net! (1:311/6) .