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0 pointsthfuran6mo ago0 comments

So you'd tell customers "No, I'm not fixing that bug because doing so would offend my aesthetic sensibilities. Yes, I know you have a support contract, but I simply refuse to address your problem even though I could"? Or maybe you'd phrase it a little differently in public.

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frumplestlatz6mo ago

Yes, I have told customers exactly that when there was no supported way to achieve what they wanted. I'm not putting my name on that.

rogerrogerr6mo ago

“Poor decisions on your part do not constitute an emergency on mine.”

willis9366mo ago

"Poor decisions on a third party's part do constitute an emergency on mine."

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