A simple thank you

[Arryn]

Gandalf Parker said:
Im not knocking Brad for the accomplishment of StarDock but it was (and still is) a pretty big risk on his part to create a system for managing software downloads, credit cards, and serial IDs. Have you used it?

Yes, I have and continue to do so. BTW, other companies do downloads (for business apps), but I didn't mention them because they are Windows-only downloads that require IE6, and they aren't games.

Gandalf Parker said:
Personally I find it abit obnoxious and would not want to have a Version of such software loaded on my system for every company that I want to buy products from.

IIRC, you aren't forced to.

Gandalf Parker said:
Yes its a working package but I think I would wait for a generic security tested package to become available the way shopping cart and forum software has.

That'll be a long wait ...

[Gandalf Parker]

Arryn said:

That'll be a long wait ...

Really? It shouldnt be. No longer than it took for the other packages to appear. Shorter if any.

[Arryn]

Gandalf Parker said:
Really? It shouldnt be. No longer than it took for the other packages to appear. Shorter if any.

I disagree for the simple reason that there is far less demand for electronic media distribution systems than for general-purpose shopping carts (which are used mainly for snail-mail shipments). It's mainly only needed for the software industry, whose products are already in electronic format, while shopping carts are used for all sorts of products and services sold via the Web. More importantly, though, the big companies that want to make their software available for download already have systems in place. And that includes big game companies like EA and Sony, since you can download full working betas of their games in this fashion. That leaves just the "small fry" game companies (small in comparison to EA, Sony, Symantec, etc.) to have to either develop their own systems, license someone else's, pay someone else to do it for them, or wait for your eventual GPL system.

[Zen]

Now I'm anxiously awaiting Arryn to jump out of a cake and say "Hello, I'm Derek Smart!"

[Arryn]

Zen said:
Now I'm anxiously awaiting Arryn to jump out of a cake and say "Hello, I'm Derek Smart!"

Dammit, Zen, you didn't need to go so far out of your way to be so obnoxiously and gratuitously insulting as to compare me to that unrepentant, egomaniacal, lying blowhard. And just when you were beginning to have me fooled into thinking you'd gone all soft and sweet. I should've known better. hmmph!

[Zen]

I still think you've got ravishing elbows and cute toes!
I thought this thread needed it. For only that reaction.

So choice.

[Arryn]

Zen said:
I thought this thread needed it. For only that reaction.

I know way more about programming than Derek does in his dreams. Heck, I probably know more about everything than Derek. (Not really, but Gandalf thinks so when it's that time of the month for him. ) I'm more charming than Derek (and more modest, too). And I'm way sexier than he is. BTW, elbows and toes aren't the parts of a gal that you should go out of your way to flatter (though toes do count). In addition to the usual spots foremost on you boy's minds, try hips, thighs, ankles, neck, and ears.

So if you're going to compare me to an unrepentant egomaniacal deceiver who thinks they know everything, the least you could do is compare me to Brother Gates.