Anyone tried asking nicely?

Some time back (possibly about 8 years) he was asked (possibly by me ... I can no longer recall with cetainty) why his source distros were not the "usual" cpan-type distro. His reply was that Visual Studio had no need of Makefiles.

Those who witnessed that response (including myself) were left with the strong impression that there was no point in "asking nicely".

Cheers,
Rob