Moronic Blog Comments

[danielp]

I cite this as only one example of the continued outrageous and mindless chatter. I'll post no further material here as 1) I'm too angry to be reasonable, and 2) For those I am talking to (at?) it will do no good whatsoever.

I count your childish rant as mindless chatter. You've made it your mission to take on anyone who has complained or asked questions, going as far as telling people are stupid for upgrading. If shirt-pocket only wants positive comments, doesn't want anything negative or to hear from frustrated users, they can certainly do just that. Until then find something to do with your time (and I love the childish "and I'm not coming back!" ending. Awesome).

I can safely speak for the rest of us in saying that we are very satisfied with your product, tech. support and "PR".

Some people will agree with you, some people will not, but you can only speak for yourself. Playing on a group mentality backing doesn't make your point any better or worse.

Dave. I put off installing Leo because I was waiting for SD, and, from what I've read, holding off on 10.5.0 has saved me a pile of trouble.

What the hell are you reading? People keep repeating this nonsense. You're missing out on not upgrading chicken little. But if you keep telling yourself the sky is falling you might be able to stick with tiger a while longer. Sucks to be you.

[Felix]

Originally Posted by dnanian

...Yesterday, I took some time to write the press release.

Ah, that's good news, Dave!!

Surely you wouldn't have taken that step unless you reasonably expected to release the update within the next week or two. And I'd guess you wouldn't have taken the time to write it up unless the "heavy lifting" was finished and you were just waiting for the final beta tester results to trickle in.

BTW, what's the best day of the week to generate the most coverage (and resulting reader viewings) on the Mac-related web sites?

Apple seems to release a lot of stuff on Tuesdays so I guess their PR research has shown that day of the week works best for them. But they are more concerned with national media coverage; thus for instance, probably wouldn't release anything on Super Tuesday ( 5 Feb)...Presidential Primary voting day in the U.S.

Since SuperDuper plays to a smaller audience, I'm curious if you've determined there's a better day. Of course, releasing on a weekend might help to spread out the server load which is apparently about maxed out since you had to turn off the blog comments.

Or do you just release it on the day it's finished without taking any external factors into account?

[dnanian]

In general, Felix, I don't think it matters.

[kerasmus]

The only truly moronic complaints I remember were people asking for their money back, especially the guy who posted his sales information showing his license was something like two years old (I'm probably exaggerating, but not by much). Really, what else can you do but laugh at that?!