[Spartan]

@Mookie - You can call it semantics if you like I call it "deliberate speak" and it is exactly what the business world engages in every day except it is more focused on the "legal linguistics" elements of communication. With that said I have known Neal nearly ten years and if he feels my comments will hurt his business model, which I'm well aware depends somewhat on cozy relations with developers, then he is more than welcome to edit my posts.

Additionally some food for thought, I spent a couple hours today working with one of my clients from Canon who is a senior manager and tomorrow he as well as his division boss, Q&A manager, and promotional manager will visit one of their clients to offer a truly heartfelt apology for some bugs found in their software. The entire process will take nearly four hours and involve a few briefs and a demonstration of corrective measures that Canon will implement to try to prevent future bugs of that nature in its software. Moreover they will also inform the client that several employees have had pay reductions and a few have been terminated as repentance for the oversight.

Companies like Canon that take software development so seriously warrant my full support. Now I ask you, can you name me one game developer that has ever apologized to gamers in a similar fashion - maybe with a video from the project manager on its website or some other such stuff?? I think not. It is ONLY the gaming software companies that fully exploit its consumer base and when people try to fight back they get labeled bad names. I find it all very amusing to be sure.


@Hitman - The outcome was marginally successful for the community and I ended up developing something of a mutually respectful rapport with one of the company representatives. Needless to say he simply could not believe I would spend such money on the community and I told him I'm a man of my word and I always put my money where my mouth is and I stand up for what I believe is a just cause. If more people did things like that this would truly be a better place.

Additionally if you doubt me you can always ask Neal about my veracity as I'm sure he will vouch for it. It was one such instance that led to my basically becoming a lurker in this community. You see I had a disagreement about a policy interpretation and several of the people that stood against me where at that time more valuable to Neal and logically he support their faction; in all fairness it was tacitly. Sadly enough in the long run many of them screwed Neal and the community over. However I'm still here and they are gone. Moreover if Neal ever needs help with anything he knows how to contact me and he should know if it is within my ability I'll do it.