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Re: AFP Programming Question
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Re: AFP Programming Question


  • Subject: Re: AFP Programming Question
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:55:01 -0700


On 21 Apr '08, at 12:02 PM, Nathan Duran wrote:

I was foolishly speaking out of the assumption that AFP support would have been deemed worthy of some attention considering how much of the Mac's advertised ease of use hinges upon its reliability, but now that I've taken some time to consider the official client's recent performance and look at the dates in the footers, you are correct; such idealism has no place in the new order and I cannot thank DTS enough for providing me with so many opportunities to learn this fact.

Speaking as someone who spent 16 years working in software development at Apple:


This kind of attitude is practically guaranteed to antagonize anyone at Apple who has the capability to address (or explain) the problems you're describing. Engineers and managers are all primates first, and the immediate human reaction to insults is not "gee, this guy seems upset, it must be a serious problem, let's see what the issues are"; it's more like "fuck you too, Jack."

I didn't work in the networking or filesystems group, so I don't know why AFP might have regressions in 10.5, but it's not because no one worked on it or "deemed it worthy of some attention".

I'm not saying you don't have grounds for frustration. Writing an email like the one you did is understandable. But sending it is not. The proper follow-up is to select all, delete, count to ten, and then write a second draft that might actually help your cause.

—Jens

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 >Re: AFP Programming Question (From: Quinn <email@hidden>)
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