(The list of people I'd like to personally thank is sufficiently long that I fear I'd exceed the character limit for a posting! )
This is a quote from a PM to wkitty:
Having been both a BBS Sysop and a form moderator, it gives me a much broader perspective about what to expect from both a forum (and it's moderators), as well as the various user-types that come-and-go. It also gives me a perspective on what I call "Sysop's Disease" - getting yourself confused with God - that all too many Sysops and forum moderators fall prey to. It's hard to keep a sense of humility and perspective when YOU own the "smite!" key. . . .
I also know how absolutely thankless a job this can be. Not only do you have to maintain a package that is non-trivial in its complexity, navigating all the speed-bumps that go with it, but you also have to deal with those users who haven't seen a copy of "Clue" in decades!
If nothing else, I wanted to take a moment of my time to say "Thank You!" to everyone here who has patiently, gracefully, and diplomatically put up with all the BoooSh*t that we users give you. Notwithstanding the mountain of fertilizer you have to wade through, your patient kindness helping us noobs get FG up and running is a true testimony.
Every time I visit these fora, without exception, I am struck by the wonderful way these fora are managed and moderated.
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Update:
A glaring omission in this message of heartfelt thanks are the developers, maintainers and package contributors who go above and beyond the call of duty to give us an excellent piece of software to complain and bitch about! ( )
I understand how even simple packages can be a maintenance nightmare. I shudder to think how much grief and angst you folks have to put up with - both in the development and maintenance of this beastie, and in managing user expectations for a project of this magnitude.
Not only do you create, maintain, and upgrade FG, the level of user support we receive is absolutely unparalleled.
I have spent tremendous amounts of money on commercial software packages, (tremendous being defined as in the "thousands" of dollars order of magnitude), and received pitiful support. Here I experience a problem or have a question, post the thread, and it seems that I have hardly finished clicking on "submit" before kind, patient, and thoughtful advice appears - almost as if by magic!
Please accept my apologies for being less than patient at times, and my heartfelt thanks for all the effort you folks put into this excellent piece of software.
For all of which I am humbly grateful.
Jim (JR)