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Angry 04-19-2005, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pbaird
I'm surprised and disappointed that there isn't a lot more discussion going on about these apps going away. The 2 main questions in my mind are 1) why? and 2) was it justified?

Bottom line for me, is if you have the guts to run somebody out of town, then have the guts to stand up and say why.
AMEN Brother. There are two commercial products out there that "compete" with Deadsticks offerings, bbspellcheck from Some Developers and PocketDay from Cross River Systems. Both of these products were put out AFTER Deadsticks. One of these companies decided that instead of putting their resources into developing a product that was good enough to compete with existing applications, that they'd take the lazy/slimy way of threatening to sue someone who was doing great work and contributing significantly to the Blackberry community. I am disgusted by this developer, and I plan to boycott the product AND spread the word as much as I can. I am greatly surprised that some newly coined lawyer out there isn't looking at this as a case. Free publicity, serious legal issue, David and Goliath angle. I'm pretty sure this is an un-winnable case for the Slim developer and they would in fact have to drop this when someone pushed back. This case would start with a strong following from the tech sector and would spread beyond because people are getting tired of this BS behavior from companies who feel they don't have to obey the law. Maybe a company the size of Microsoft is outside the reach of the common person, but one of these BS startups is not. I will be writing this up and forwarding it around to as many tech writers as I can to try and drum up interest in this case, and hopefully shed some light on the litigation happy losers (and their product) that decided to step on our rights as consumers. If any of you out there like having the ability to create or load free software, you may want to get involved in this debate because they are trying to take away your rights.