🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:48:20 -0400, "William J. Leary Jr."
<Bill_Leary@email.msn.com> wrote:
::> I didn't ask for anyone professional, that's why I am HERE.
::
::Good way to ingratiate yourself to people there.  Many shareware authors ARE
::"professional programmers" who've just accessed an alternate way to
::distribute either their primary products (those good enough to do it full
::time) or, perhaps, something they did on the side.  Even those who aren't
::"professionals" (as in making their living from it) still do high quality
::professional work.  I suspect you've just offended just about everyone who
::could do the job properly.
I figured there were hobbyists here, not professionals making a living
off usenet.  And that reply was in response to someone slamming me for
asking because he didn't like my choice of words.  tfoselsi@aval.net
(Jim Dompier) is the person that thinks that no one here is
professional, not me.  See Gary <xxxgaryrinxxx@futureone.com>'s
message explaining that he is "very professional and has been
programming since before tape readers were
invented and who has already offered to write it FOR FREE"
::One doesn't need to be an "elitist" to recognize that their time is worth
::compensation.  Is there something about your product that would make one of
::us WANT to donate our time?
Again, I never said I expected it to be free, just stated that several
people were gracious enough to offer in the past, and was only
disputing the statement tfoselsi@aval.net (Jim Dompier) made that
anyone who would offer to do so is a deadbeat.  Anyone of that opinion
IS an elitist and should have ingratiated me plenty with those in here
that would disagree with him.