Subject: Re: [stella] stella bitterness From: John Saeger <johnws8@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 01:57:43 -0700 |
On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 01:28, Andrew Davie wrote: Yeah you're right. I'll go crawl back in my hole now. John > It's sad to see such bitter politics enter into the [stella] list, which has > always been about friendly sharing and learning. Without trying to take > sides in the 'debate', I would suggest that sarcasm, cycnicism and > bitterness have no place in this forum. I well-understand the problems > inherent in closed-source software being sold commercially and the > likelyhood of that software 'borrowing' from open-source -- and also the > ludicrous situation where two emualtors are 'competing' and one is using the > source code of another to achieve satisfactory emulation. However, these > arguments and the bickering and most especially the sarcastic bitterness > don't belong on the [stella] list. IMHO, of course. > For the record, I think Z26 is a stellar emulator and it's been a workhorse > for me over the years -- and I am mucho grateful to the developers. I also > think Stella has been a wonderful platform for many years for lots of other > people. The early release of the stella code as open-source was extremely > helpful. It's disappointing to see the authors/maintainers of both > emulators in such a public brawl, and doesn't reflect well on anyone in the > community. > Cheers > A > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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