[Sussex] Smoothwall

Mark Harrison Mark at ascentium.co.uk
Fri Mar 28 19:33:01 UTC 2003


> > Stuart,
> >
> > You went to someone, and asked them to include an extra
> > feature you wanted in their product. They said that they
> > would only do work if you paid for it. So you
> > wrote:
> >
> > > All I can say is what a bunch of c*nts..
> >
> > Remind me never to be a supplier to you!
> >
> > I thought the whole point of open-source was that if you
> > wanted a feature, then YOU could add it. I'm not aware of any
> > OpenSource principle which says if YOU want a feature then
> > SOMEONE ELSE is OBLIGED to add it for free.
>
> Maybe that was a little harsh but the reason I don’t like them is
> because they told me to pay for the corporate version which also didn’t
> support what I wanted to do. I have no proble paying for the software
> when it does what I expect or am told.

That is somewhat different.

Hopefully you found out about the limitation quickly enough to get your money
back?

Mark





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