UltraRecall v4 update worth it?

Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
Aug 22, 2009 at 09:41 PM

Mark wrote:
> >Somebody is wrong on the Internet, and I must correct them!
> >
>http://xkcd.com/386/
> >Jan, with all due respect, that’s not fair.
> >You
>write:
> >> Some time ago Kinook announced the cessation of further development of URp
>except for bugs & compatibility issues. When I commented on this on their fourm, they
>fudged the statement but never came clean on the issue realizing that the
>announcement was probably bad for business.
> >A more charitable reading would be
>that they changed their minds. Excuse, don?t accuse, as a wise mother (not mine) might
>say. And no, I don?t want to rehash your exchanges with them back then.

Had the exchanges been thoroughly “hashed,” avoiding rehashing might be the better wisdom. They haven’t been.

The only “excuse” for banning a poster for criticizing the product is an apology and reinstatement. Prohibiting free discussion of a product - even misguided criticism - is an ineradicable stain on a developer’s credibility. Forum censorship is fortunately *not* the norm. The only developers I know who have committed this grievous misdeed are ADM and Opera Software (the browser). I might use or even pay for such a product - but I would never praise it without the strongest qualifications.