Hello Jason,

> You speak as if I am deliberately transferring burdens. I don't appreciate
> what this insinuates. You don't know what I've been through and apparently
> that's of no concern. Fair enough. If and when you have similar problems,
> don't complain if nobody gives a damn about you. You exaggerated your
> remarks but I forgive you for that because you are making some valid
> points.

If I didn't care what was going on in your personal life and if I didn't
understood that this is a burden for you, I would have abandoned IBO
years ago. Do you really think, that from a business point of view, I
would have stayed around this long if I didn't understand your situation?

I've met you personally, which is why I still use IBO. But enough is enough.
Part of my business is around IBO as many peoples businesses are. When
your personal problems go downstream to those businesses, how long
do you expect people to "stay around" and continue to wait?

> Two years went by, if it was even that long, not because of neglect or
> disinterest on my part, but because you were not clear in how you
> described
> your issue. I told you it was finished over and over and it was as I
> understood it but you were not sufficiently specific and left things in
> limbo. You share the blame in this.

It wasn't the first time, it wasn't the last time, it continues to happen
with
-every- new Firebird or InterBase release since the, what is it, last 3-4-5
years
since you started doing real estate? I am in no position to say that no man
can do whatever he likes with his money, but if you have a product and
customers, don't expect them to -not- complain if nothing happens while
the rest of the software world moves forward.

> You often expect me to read your mind or figure things out on my own based
> on very minimal or sketchy remarks. You don't take the time to present
> well
> developed issues or cases. True, you can say it's my job to know all of
> this
> stuff and you can criticise me over that too. But, IBO is a hybrid between
> full blown commercial and open source community driven. It is this way
> exactly because I realize as one person I need a lot of help and
> contribution from the community. That's why I structure things as I do so
> that the community aspect can give back where I am lacking. And, I give a
> lot to the community via the Trustware license that allows many to use it
> without monetary cost.

Once more: it hasn't been the first time, will it be the last?

> So, feel free to criticise me based on the standards of what a commercial
> operation should deliver but at the same time how about you start doing
> more
> of a conscientuous effort to operate towards me in the spirit of a
> community
> driven project and go the extra mile more?

Jason, many of us have our own products to take care of, this is why we
purchase 3rd party software building stones: to take away the burden of
having to developing everything ourselves.

This is what -you- run, this isn't a free project to use for everyone. It's
you
who made the conscious choice to let people pay for a license. Fine by me,
I've been a happy IBO customer for years. But don't expect everyone to
pick up the pieces when you continuesly drop in when the hour is late...


I have been in contact with you off-list and I've been told many times
before
that you would pull through. Haven't seen it so far.


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

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