Mail from "Pricelessware Admin" ??

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Susan said:
Hi Romain,

There is no legitimacy in this unknown person's use of: "Pricelessware
Admin" and "We at http://www.pricelessware.org".

Genna Reeney purchased and owns the www.pricelessware.org domain name
(for the benefit of alt.comp.freeware). The only people presently *at*
www.pricelessware.org are Genna and myself (the current site maintainer).

The "We at http://www.pricelessware.org" implies a situation which does
not exist. There is no *We* in the sense it was used in that email. No
individual is empowered to make decisions and/or speak for the
alt.comp.freeware newsgroup or the Pricelessware site.

Decisions are made *by* alt.comp.freeware participants. Decisions are
made *in* the the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup.

There is a current thread: "Pricelessware CD edition" that evidently
inspired the email you received. The idea is still in the preliminary
discussion stage . . .

IMO . . . ;)

Susan
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This sounds like a hostile takeover attempt of the Pricelessware
management. Pricelessware has a good name, and for all we know Mr.
Anonamous might be the same person who makes BlabYa Software
 
JoeA said:
This sounds like a hostile takeover attempt of the Pricelessware
management. Pricelessware has a good name, and for all we know Mr.
Anonamous might be the same person who makes BlabYa Software
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I don't know what the intention was/is. It appears the *result* has been
to kill off the discussion about possibly making a Pricelessware CD - at
least for the moment.

Susan
 
I've read the exchange between you and Steve, and I have to agree with him.
I've been reading this newsgroup off and on for a couple or three years, and
it seems to be a quite democratic group. That means that everyone has
his/her right to input and the choice of what goes into the Pricelessware
listings. There are caretakers who, if not actually elected, are at least
recognized by the group as keepers of the pricelessware. To my mind, they
are the administrators of Pricelessware.org. To put it bluntly, you have no
right to elevate yourself to administrator of Pricelessware.org. No matter
if you read the newsgroups every day for six years!

The idea may be a good one. It might even be a great idea. But you've gone
about it the wrong way. And that means you'll fail.

Just because you created an email address of Pricelessware Admin on
hotmail.com doesn't give you the right to hijack Pricelessware.org, and that
is exactly what it looks like to me. It further looks like you're using
Pricelessware.org's good name to feather your own nest. I surely hope not. A
lot of people have worked very hard to build Pricelessware.org.

If you had been smart, you'd have contacted Geena and Susan, asking them if
they would be willing to have you do the job you're supposedly doing, with
supervision if need be. In turn, if they had felt you were sincere, they
could have come to the group and it would have been further discussed.
Instead, although you may not have meant it, you've kicked them in the teeth
and told them to move aside; the big dog's coming in.

Do you want to know why I come up with my ideas of culpability on your part?
Simply because you refuse to identify yourself, and obstinately state that
because you "made" (e-mail address removed) it's your right to do
what you wish with the work of many.

Want to know the results of your attempt to take over Pricelessware.org? I'm
betting that most, if not all those who have said yes to your proposition
will now get back with you and tell you to forget it.

You don't just walk into a newsgroup as good as this one and pick up all the
hard work of the denizens without a never-you-mind! They ain't gonna stand
fer it!
 
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