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Old 08-03-2011, 06:41 AM   #70
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Originally Posted by cuthbert19 View Post
Exactly, BUT he was replying to Giggleton's suggestion that the opinion of "casual" users was to be preferred to the one of business users
Precisely. My point was that being a commercial user does not disentitle me, nor negate the value of my opinion. If anything, commercial users have a lot more everyday and ongoing usage than the average "casual" user, and thereby more experience with the software. This obviously does not include non-commercial power users like Charlie (Crutledge).

It was Giggleton's assertion that if anything, I (and other commercial users) should have opinions of less value--opinions that should be cavalierly disregarded in favor of those "who make ebooks for fun" that I found particularly offensive. As if somehow, making ebooks as a business is a crass undertaking, polluting "art" for filthy lucre.

I make books for MONEY. I can't fix bugs like Charleski, so I donate MONEY to help support the project. It doesn't make me some craven lesser creature, and I won't be shunted aside by the suggestion that I am. I'm pretty sure that if Valloric and John find my opinions or my donations offensive, they'll bloody well tell me. And quite frankly, it's only their opinions that count--not anyone else's who may or mayn't take offense.


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