in reply to Re^4: Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 15: RPerl v1.2 Kickstarter Now Live
in thread Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 15: RPerl v1.2 Kickstarter Now Live

You are obviously entitled to your opinion.

What I was trying to tell you was that your choice(s) of spreading your information has only caught my interest in a negative manner, mostly because it was in places or in formats that I do not consume.

If that makes my opinion invalid, that's great for you, but having an invalid opinion does not imply that I'll part with my money for your project. If you think that only after having studiously reviewed all your marketing materials, I am allowed to make a value judgement, this also implies a very weird connection between you and my attention or money, at least from my point of view.

So, things being as they are, maybe my last assertion wasn't that far off the mark, at least by my standards and by the supposedly more objective standards of money taken in. Maybe the other persons are better at marketing themselves and their ideas to the people who part with their money. But then again, maybe your approach works for you and your sponsors, and complaining about lack of money influx is just part of your marketing.

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Re^6: Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 15: RPerl v1.2 Kickstarter Now Live
by Will_the_Chill (Pilgrim) on Sep 27, 2015 at 09:00 UTC
    Corion,

    I am sorry you do not like the manner in which I present RPerl, and/or you do not want to make a pledge to support RPerl.

    I hope you will not continue to oppose the sincere efforts of those of use working on RPerl.

    Also, when have I ever "complained about lack of money influx"???

    Thanks,
    ~ Will
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      I took your juxtaposition of the money amounts of the grants given to the people you listed with

      when I am able to raise a fraction of that from the good will of the Perl community

      as a complaint that you don't get as much money as they do.

      But I've seen that you have applied for TPF grants, in addition to your kickstarter efforts. Your applications, if granted, bring you into batting range of the numbers you already cited so the point is moot of how the other people are able to raise such amounts and you aren't.

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        No, I try my best not to complain, I was defending myself from Anonymous Monk who claimed I was after a "fat war chest".

        My TPF grant request dollar amounts are comparatively tiny, as a continued effort to show my dedication to the Perl community by continuing to work at-or-below the cost of living in Texas.

        I strongly reject any claims that I am somehow profiteering from the situation, because for the past several years I have been unable to regularly buy groceries or pay the bills without help from my friends and family.

        They say "A" when the truth is actually "not A".

        Don't believe the disinformation.
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