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... *sigh* reading way too much into the words i use is getting annoying.


Personally, I don't feel that I read too much into your words. In fact, I had a bit of a struggle working through your sentence to get to the gist of the matter. However, that aside, if you perceive that I am reading too much into what you're saying, that's fine. I just happen to disagree. You stated the following:

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... when something unexpected occurs, the developers depend on the most important part of their team, us, the customer, to help them fix it by giving them the information, since we, as a larger group of individuals than they have the resources or capability to support in house, can actually perform the near infinite number of permutations it would take to reveal many of the bugs that a small number of people with limited resources may miss because of those limitations in spite of their best effort.


I merely pointed out that developers should NOT rush a product out of the door with the expectation that their customer base will catch their bugs. Sure, customers are the best and largest group that will inevitably find errors in coding, but to suggest (as you clearly did) that software companies could or should even rely on its customer base for error feedback is not a sound business practice. I am not intimating nor did I in my last message that Larian even considered using its customer base in such a manner. I am simply pointing out what *I* consider a flaw in your logic. That's all.

And the fact that you feel misunderstood is a point well taken. Larian is not a company who is trying to fleece its customers. I never even suggested that possibility. However, I do know others have and you have taken offense to that claim. (Which is your prerogative). And the position you've taken is quite noble, (imho). I get the sense you are trying hard to defend a software company from having smudged reputation. That's something I understand. But I wanted to point out that Larian is quite capable of defending themselves, especially since their products are now being compared to developers like Bethesda, Interplay, Atari, etc. I say "welcome to the big leagues!" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />


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