I have watched this thread for some time now. Brian to make it short and sweet that statement reminds me of myself when I was young dumb and… well the point is, I vowed there was no valid reason to leave the DOS world. Well had I followed that logic I would be in a world of hurt right now for sure.

You are constantly complaining, I have complained in fact most people that have been or are now active have made some complaints and while well placed complaints can serve to bring change eventually complaints without merit or without some constructiveness tends to end up treated as spam.

I agree why haven’t you become a benefactor member if you think DNN is past the free stage? You complain that your clients are upset, well you apparently are making money off of the hard work of the core members. If you upgraded and now it doesn’t work in production for your client, guess what? You are guilty of dereliction of due diligence. You should have tested it yourself right? You want to blame others for problems that have crept in. You refuse to join the benefactor program (I know I haven’t yet but that is coming). 

I have used DNN since 1.x, has it worked? Yup it sure has. Has it always been smooth? Not in the least. You get paid by your clients to complete their projects. If you were the one responsible for directing them to use DNN, then you have a reason to be more supportive and constructive.

I have always heard the squeaky wheel gets the grease well my experience has been when the wheel gets to squeaky the operators just put on ear muffs or remove the wheel. I have gotten to the point where when you blast some tirade out I pretty much just ignore it anymore. However this is one time I am going to say something.

 

The core team is not perfect, guess what you have to make money to feed yourself and your family so do they. Yup they could start charging everyone to use DNN, but is that really the best thing for the community. They have struggled, I don’t agree with all of their choices and actions but they are human and they are trying. 

 

So in the end I guess what I am saying is if you want the right to complain so much maybe you should roll up your sleeves and put some helping effort in or belly up to the bar and join the benefactor program.

I apologize to the good citizens of the DNN community for this long winded soap box tirade but I felt that I really needed to say my piece.

 

Russ