ImageDisk project is canceled

[Jules Richardson]

Teo Zenios wrote:
> This thread is like a soap opera.
> 
> If you offer to program a utility for the "comunity" you should expect a
> decent amount of email in reply that runs from praise to ridicule.

Yep, but I'd not expect the outright *public* hostility that's come from some 
corners over this; you're right in that private opinions - both good and bad - 
are to be expected. Public comments along the lines of "I wish app abc did 
xyz" don't seem too unreasonable either.

I'm hardly surprised though at Dave being upset over the "it doesn't do xyz 
therefore the whole thing is a waste of time and total shit" attitude which 
seems to come across from some.

I just hope that Dave realises that there are many of us who appreciate all 
his hard work and the abilities of ImageDisk in its current form, regardless 
of what future direction it might take. Just because a small minority don't 
consider it good enough for their purposes does not mean that there aren't far 
more of out there who are making good use of his tools.

> I am not criticising anybody for attempting to go it alone, but it is easy 
> for the developer to get a bruised ego because they take any criticism
> personally while a team of developers (with a smaller platform specific
> project) tend to ignore the chatter and turn out a project they are happy
> with.

I suspect it's more the way that the criticism was directed that's the issue, 
rather than the fact that it happened at all. If Dave's been publishing 
software for years and running his own company around this, it's not 
unreasonable to think that he's had to handle negative opinions in the past 
before as well as good ones.

cheers

Jules