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couldn't have said it better.<BR>
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On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 11:23 +0200, Cironir wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Dean --</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Why are you surprised that Linux users are upset after they were tricked</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">into pre-ordering and buying the Windows version of UT3? With what</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">turned out to be false and empty promises, which were then followed by</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">months of complete silence and disregard. Ryan is not the hand that</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">feeds the customers. The customers are the hand that feeds Ryan. It's a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">common misconception that customers of game studios need to be somehow</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">grateful for the privilege of being allowed to give the company their</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">money.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">So, they didn't want my business as a Linux user. That's fine. ID and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Splash Damage got the money I had planned to spend on UT3 instead. Not</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">that SD is very reliable when it comes to release estimates, but they do</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">this obscure thing called "communication". Respect for your customers</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">does lead to customer loyalty. I hardly feel respected by Epic or Ryan</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">after this whole mess. (It is the silence, not the fact that other</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">issues may have come up.)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 09:14 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> You have a list which Ryan, the developer/porter has graciously provided.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Insulting him, in a medium HE graciously provides is... rude maybe?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ungrateful? tactless?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> take your pick.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Dean</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> David L. Willson wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Feeds what? I don't run a server, so what have I gotten? Game? No. Updates? No. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Information? No.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > The hand doesn't feed. Eat it.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > On Fri, 09 May 2008 08:44:43 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >> hmm, nice work. biting the hand that feeds.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >> Dean</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >> Philipp Schmieder wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >>>> This mailing list doesn't belong to Epic. It's Ryan's baby.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >>> Well, then he seems to be a bad father.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >>> ---</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >> -- </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >> <A HREF="http://fragfest.com.au">http://fragfest.com.au</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >> ---</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > David L. Willson</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Trainer/Engineer/Consultant</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > MCT, MCSE, Linux+</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > (720) 333-LANS</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
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