ICR2N2 - Quit Whining !

Hi All, So I come back to RAS after not visiting for a couple of days and I see like 600 messages and half of them have to do with Dave Noonan's converter. What the heck. So someone is marketing a product and making a little extra cash on it. Quit your whining already. Just because you have been given everything for free up to this point doesn't mean that somewhere along the line someone doesn't have the right to make a little money on his hard work. Or do we suddenly live in a society where money means nothing at all? Now that would be a novel thought. Truth is as hard as it is for me to face it everyday, money is a necessary evil. I will not lambaste someone who has done us all a favor and is asking a little bit in return. Maybe many of us ought to grow up a little bit and rid ourselves of this maniacal fantasy that everything in life is free. People, everything in life costs money. That's the hard truth. Chas -- ------- Chasman Simulator ***world http://sim***world.simplenet.com/

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> Hi All, > So I come back to RAS after not visiting for a couple of days and I see > like 600 messages and half of them have to do with Dave Noonan's > converter. What the heck. So someone is marketing a product and making > a little extra cash on it. Quit your whining already. > Just because you have been given everything for free up to this point > doesn't mean that somewhere along the line someone doesn't have the > right to make a little money on his hard work. Or do we suddenly live > in a society where money means nothing at all? Now that would be a > novel thought. > Truth is as hard as it is for me to face it everyday, money is a > necessary evil. I will not lambaste someone who has done us all a favor > and is asking a little bit in return. Maybe many of us ought to grow up > a little bit and rid ourselves of this maniacal fantasy that everything > in life is free. People, everything in life costs money. That's the > hard truth. > Chas > -- > ------- > Chasman > Simulator ***world > http://sim***world.simplenet.com/

If this is the case, should we not regard Dave Noonan's post to this NG as spam. Personally, I do not see anything wrong with what Dave has done. As a programmer, I can respect the amount of time and effort Dave has put into his converter and his desire to reap the rewards due him. Mike "remove 69 to send reply"