Subj : This version of LordCfg...
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Robert LaPrise
Date : Wed Jul 04 2007 01:14 pm


> Solution?  Run 4.06.  4.07 is a piece of crap right now and from what it loo
> like, will continue to be.  Contact me via netmail or email and I'll get you
> working version of 4.06 (the same I'm running).  I, too, registered LORD 4.0
> and got screwed without the benefit of a reacharound.

Thanks, email should be there by the time you see this.

During my google searches I ran across something on a Wiki where Michael
refutes someone's assertion that he "doesn't care about LORD" by stating
something along the liens of "you have no idea how much I care, but work and
family take precedence over a hobby" or something to that effect.

Unfortunately he appears not to grasp the fact that when you contract to work
on something it is no longer a hobby.  If he's not making any money on it
then he negotiated a lousy contract, his fault not ours.  But once a
programmer contracts to continue the devleopment and maintenance of a product
it is no longer a hobby it is a responsibility.  If he can't deal with it he
needs to sever the contract so gameport can find a new developer.

I deal with developers at work day in day out, the majority are great people
who aer asked to do the ridiculous by management and marketting.  Defects
happen (more and more frequently it seems) and there are only a few that try
and blame someone or something else for it, and just like we're seeing with
LORD there are those that just hide and ignore everyone.  That latter
solution may be a wonderful one for the developer but it does nothing to
resolve the problems the customers ae seeing.

Oh well, I'm one of those that would rather work with a surly, a-----e that
knows what they are doing and gets the job done than a "nice guy" that's
inept and avoids any accountability for their work.

But then I more or less fall into the former category.  I may not always know
what I'm doing but I know when to say so, who to get help from (and more
important where I work who not to) and when to say I'm in over my head.

BTW, first email bounced so I'll send you my email via netmail.  Boards
only been in place about a week so I'm nowhere near ready to do Fido yet.
Still have my old tossers and whanot, just not ready to deal with figuring
out how it all works under Synchronet.

Thanks again.