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25 Jun 2024 21:25:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: whither POV-Ray ??  
From: jr
Date: 27 Jul 2020 17:20:08
Message: <web.5f1f441717b7b05f4d00143e0@news.povray.org>
hi,

Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> The way I see it is that this thread raises a few issues.
>
> Marry, sir, you have shown a sense of entitlement that is not justified.
> Like many of the “I want it and I want it NOW, generation”.

you too, huh?  I cannot see how to construe that ("sense of entitlement") from
my initial rant; it wasn't motivated by vengefulness, nor have I asked for
preferential treatment.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement>

> ...
> And, to conclude, everyone is getting older and new blood has not been
> forthcoming.

that is one of the "ominous" signs which may have contributed to my .. upset.

> I must say that’ privately, you told me, a couple of years ago that you
> would like to help out whichever way you could. But did not follow up
> with the contacts I found. I was just another user (the man on the
> Bourke Street tram) and why would I have anything to do with how Pov was
> run. But I digress.

I would need to re-read the emails before commenting either way, but your memory
seems clear, so ok.

> ...
> As to the future. I see Pov stagnating until all the old timers have
> transitioned. Then…

since this is the .. "fate" I'm railing against, I hope your expectation will
not become reality.


regards, jr.


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