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Confusious (Jose Lerebours) say:
> I made reference to the price not the product ... Just referencing the 
> logic behind justifying something like OG for $995 (on sale) versus CS 
> for a couple hundreds more.

That's the list price, not the sale price.

> Any one of us can replace OG in a couple of weeks (or less) but who 
> among us can replace CS in the same time frame?  Except you Mark, I know 
> you already wrote your own in Perl  ... :-)

No, I haven't.  Nor would I.  I use a combination of other tools to get the
functionality I need from Adobe's products.  Some commercial, some open
source.  None written by me.

> Good point, to some CS "is" their bread and butter and without it they 
> would not have the means to operate their business.  I doubt anybody 
> could say that without OG they could not operate their business.  OG has 

I doubt anyone could honestly say the same of CS4 either.  There are
alternatives.

> I find it interesting that Mark has so many negative things to say about 
> every product he ever worked with (except for his video games - 

Do you even -read-?  EVERY single company I listed last night was
productivity or utility.  I said as much.  I flat-out said I did NOT even
start on game developers so you wouldn't go there.  You went there anyway.

> whichever he now finds challenging) and yet glorifies something like OG 
> as if it were the most amazing thing ever developed.  

It's my product, I stand behind it and promote it like any company does for
their products if they have half a brain.  I don't glorify it however, nor
do I need to.

> Anyone using OG is simply too lazy to develop it on his own or figures
> that two weeks of his time is worth more than the $995 (which I would say
> is the case - that would be mine any ways).

Now that you've just insulted my entire OG client base...  You're doing
-good- today, man.

> Every time one questions you Mark or counters your posts, you turn 
> around and start calling them (or me) names.  This shows you to be 

No, every time someone displays a reading comprehension level below that of
a well-educated five year old, I start getting tetchy.  I state facts,
you're ignoring them and stating erroneous BS.

I don't suffer fools lightly.

> in-matured and not one, I at least, would want in a team.  It shows that 
> you cannot work under pressure or with others that disagree with you.  A 
> sad thing because you are a talented person.

I work just fine under pressure--better than not, sometimes.  I also work
just fine with people that disagree with me.  You have -no- idea what
you're talking about at all on either count.  Actually, given your last two
posts, I'm leaning towards s/on either count// at this point.

We're done here.  Or I'm done...you go on and blather about whatever you
like, but I can't even take you seriously after you -continue- to make
mistakes in the face of the facts as presented to you last night.

mark->
-- 
"I'm not subtle. I'm not pretty, and I'll piss off a lot of people along
the way. But I'll get the job done" --Captain Matthew Gideon, "Crusade"