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Originally Posted by chaley
At the risk of continuing the flame war ...
Assume someone in a park is offering free vanilla ice cream (and has all appropriate permits, etc  ). Is it acceptable/correct to abuse that person because chocolate is not available or because you want Haagan Daz instead of a supermarket brand? I hope the answer is no. If you want something the person is not offering, find another person or buy it yourself.
One asks, then, why it is acceptable to abuse someone offering free software? If you want something ...
(In case it isn't clear, telling someone that s/he is guilty of "sloppy programming" and creates "crummy programmed applications" (c.f., post 11), and has produced "poorly written programs" (c.f., post 15) is abuse.) |
Yep - what they said.
If you get something free and then decide you don't like it, then just stop using it. No need to whine to the creator, particularly if you claim to be able to produce a superior product yourself.
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Originally Posted by ghostyjack
Totally agree.
Kovidgoyal has created a free cross-platform program for anyone to use. I'm not aware of any other programs that combine as many usefull features for ebook readers as Calibre, the fact that is allows us to collect books in so many formats and convert them to work on virtually any reading device available is fantastic. I'm quite willing to put up with a few quirks given the price (free) and the mass of functions, and as time goes on, Calibre should become more stable and easier to use (although I've had very little in the way of problems).
I think Kovidgoyal should be commended for actually producing this piece of software and not given abuse over it, especially as there is very little in the way of foundation for those comments.
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