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mrmikel · 08-22-2009, 07:12 AM

A number of very vocal people are very free in their demands. Yet none of them, to whom the file structure of Calibre seems a matter of life and death, seems to be willing to do anything about it themselves. See the folk tale the little red hen.

If it is so important, then one or more of these people should take the source code, learn python if they have to and fix the perceived problem.

Their problem is that the rest of us users who care nothing about the file structure and more about its use in creating ebooks are too busy using it to criticize it. The rest of us are thankful that Kovid is so responsive to our use questions and is continually updating it, unlike very many open source projects...see Kompozer, which I also use and enjoy.

Kovid doesn't have to do this at all. If I were him I would be inclined to say all this static is not worth it for something he is offering for FREE with only REQUESTS for donations.

08-22-2009, 07:12 AM	#103
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	The little red hen A number of very vocal people are very free in their demands. Yet none of them, to whom the file structure of Calibre seems a matter of life and death, seems to be willing to do anything about it themselves. See the folk tale the little red hen. If it is so important, then one or more of these people should take the source code, learn python if they have to and fix the perceived problem. Their problem is that the rest of us users who care nothing about the file structure and more about its use in creating ebooks are too busy using it to criticize it. The rest of us are thankful that Kovid is so responsive to our use questions and is continually updating it, unlike very many open source projects...see Kompozer, which I also use and enjoy. Kovid doesn't have to do this at all. If I were him I would be inclined to say all this static is not worth it for something he is offering for FREE with only REQUESTS for donations.