A rip-off is a rip-poff !!!!!
"This could be a good stuff for this month's 1sth..." You need to clean up your English typing, before you widely publish it in a USER's FORUM. The gist of what I read is, that to obtain what I need I should read the source code and develop my own version? Huh???? I have a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Computer Science, but I would not even begin to waste a minute to unravel the spaghetti code typical of Open Source Freeware. What you should feature in your FORUM is: "If a vendor charges $14.00 for Freeware, not his own, on EBay, should he declare under the Product Description that this software is available free of charge, including the User Manual, for a couple of minutes of download time? No need to wait a week for a CDROM to arrive from England. And that the free download is a later version than the $14.00 version sent on a CDROM via USPS sneaker mail? Then there is the deception that Dia is a "simper" version of VISIO? I downloaded a 60-day free trial of 2010 VISIO and I can tell you without reservation, Dia it is not even close! A rip-off is a rip-off !!!!!! Fred teeboom Nashua, NH -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Harding [mailto:t...@thomas-harding.name] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:48 PM To: discussions about usage and development of dia Cc: fred...@comcast.net Subject: Re: This software is a rip-off; request a full refund Le Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:26:02 -0400, "Fred Teeboom" < <mailto:fred...@comcast.net> fred...@comcast.net> wrote: This could be a good stuff for this month's 1sth... > Hello: > I ordered your latest version diaw.exe 0.97, but find your text > next to impossible to use. No editing WYSIWYG features * Unfortunately, nothing relies Free software authors to a reseller, except case you buy it to an author (e.g.: to implement a feature or develop from scratch)! * It is also permitted to charge without reason, but most likely for hard-copying and shipping, and, if so, warranty which is explicitely disclaimed in any Free Software licence (so, the re-seller will offer separately the warranty as a service). Note you should take a look at commercial software licences on warranty, this is a fun. * A software, incidentally, is a *tool* which is made for an *usage* and a *public*. Dia is a diagram software, and if you need to create diagrams this is definitely the tool you need. You can also purchase MS Visio if you want to marmosets that rotate[1], or ask to GrandMa what is a diagram. I suggest you turn you back to the reseller, who is the only person who can offer you a commercial arrangement. Note if he didn't gives you a way to get the sources you can either sue him. The resseler figures below on this your mail I left, which is fully accessible to anyone can read. Note also you'd better to search before on the ternet before purchasing what you can obtain *legally* for nothing except a few gigs download. The other solution is to modify software by yourself then, if you want to redistribute modified, give the same licence and the software sources (or an access to them) together. > It also does not copy to MSWord. I suggest you a hammer, the best tool to fix anything on a screen. Most likely, you should read the f...in manual and wonder about what are png, jpeg, svg, and espacially for the $#*%=+@ Microsoft stuff what called wmf "Windows Meta File" and emf "Enhanced Meta File". > > Unless you have a better way to use text, I want a full refund. > Incidentally, this is free software; why did you charge me? > > > > This software is a rip-off. No comments. > > > From: eBay [ <mailto:e...@ebay.com> mailto:e...@ebay.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 6:53 PM > To: <mailto:fred...@comcast.net> fred...@comcast.net > Subject: Confirmation of your Order of Diagram Technical Drawing MS > Vision Type Software for Windows 7 PC... > > > > > Thanks for your purchase, teeboom6996! > > > > > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1831.l3127/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc74 > 577a39 > ae75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%3FssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3A > OC%3AU > S%3A3127> eBay > > > > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1831.l3170/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc74 > 577a39 > ae75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.ebay.com%2Febaybuyerprotection%2Findex. > html%3FssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3AOC%3AUS%3A3170> Learn more about eBay > Buyer Protection > > > > > Here's your order confirmation > > > > > > > Hi teeboom6996, > > Here is a summary of your recent order. You can also view your updated > order details > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1838.l1503/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc74 > 577a39 > ae75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fpayments.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll% > 3FView > PaymentStatus%26cartid%3D310433732017%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3ACOC%3A > US%3A1 > 503> in My eBay. > > Thank you for shopping on eBay! > > > > > > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m44.l1503/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc7457 > 7a39ae > 75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fpayments.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3F > ViewPa > ymentStatus%26cartid%3D310433732017%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3ACOC%3AUS > %3A150 > 3> Go to order details > > > > > > > > > > Order details > > > > > You completed checkout on Mar-31-12 > > > Ship to: > > Payment Details: > > Total: > > > Fred Teeboom > > PayPal > > $13.94 > > > 24 Cheyenne Dr > Nashua, NH 03063-3506 US > > > > > > > > > > > > Seller: osprojectsoftware_us > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l1181/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc74 > 577a39 > ae75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fmyworld.ebay.co.uk%2Fosprojectsoftware_ > us%3Fs sPageName%3DADME%3AL%3AOC%3AUS%3A1181> ( 1562 > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l1183/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc74 > 577a39 > ae75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedback.ebay.co.uk%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dl > l%3FVi > ewFeedback%26userid%3Dosprojectsoftware_us%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3AO > C%3AUS %3A1183> > <http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconRedStar_25x25.gif> http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconRedStar_25x25.gif) > > > > > > Item Title > > Price > > Shipping Price > > Qty > > Item Total > > > > > > > > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l3160/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc74 > 577a39 > ae75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FVie > wItem% 26item%3D190608993313%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3AOC%3AUS%3A3160> > Diagram Technical Drawing MS Vision Type Software for Windows 7 PC ( > 190608993313 > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l3160/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc74 > 577a39 > ae75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FVie > wItem% 26item%3D190608993313%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3AOC%3AUS%3A3160> > ) > > > > > <http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l1120/7?euid=6ed9a068ccc74 > 577a39 > ae75bbfec9090&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FVie > wItem% 26item%3D190608993313%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3AOC%3AUS%3A1120> > <http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/190608993313_2.jpg> http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/190608993313_2.jpg > > > Paid on Mar-31-12 > > $9.95 > > > > $3.99 > > 1 > > $9.95 > > > > Economy Shipping from outside US > > > > Estimated delivery: April 18 - May 01, 2012 > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subtotal > > $9.95 > > > > Shipping and Handling > > $3.99 > > > > > > > Total > > $13.94 > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fred Teeboom > > > > This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > > it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > > the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or > > (at your option) any later version. > > > > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > > but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > > MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the > > GNU General Public License for more details. > > > > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > > along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software > > Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, > USA. > [1] I didn't find anything for (French) "des zigouigouis qui tournent".
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