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Old 07-01-2007   #32 (permalink)
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Default Re: automatix?

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Originally Posted by matthew View Post
All the drama and controversy exists because the guy who wrote/developed Automatix is very difficult to get along with. He is consistently defensive (in the extreme) when people make comments or suggestions or criticism, whether those comments have to do with technical things, licensing issues, or personality. He is demeaning toward other users. This is the only major problem with Automatix in its most current version.
Matthew, to blame the controversy surrounding Automatix on Arnie isn't really fair, nor completely true. Back when I was a staff member on mod-free (that word was verboten on UF, but I think it's okay here), Arnie (and mstlyevil, too) were extremely helpful with helping anyone with any Automatix problems, and it's only when people threw the "Automatix breaks everything on your system, so you'll never be able to use it again" misconceptions about that Arnie became defensive of a project he's spent countless thousands of pro bono man-hours producing.

To blame the Automatix controversies purely on Arnie is misguided.
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