Comments on: The software awards scam (update)

By: blendmaster1024

blendmaster1024 — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:12:49 +0000

heh, freshmeat is awesome. not quite as awesome as sourceforge.net, but dang awesome. FOSS FTW!

By: تحميل الصور

تحميل الصور — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:58:42 +0000

This is brilliant! Thanks for the informative article. I knew that download sites were very lax with their ratings, but I had no idea it was to such an extent that they didn’t even TRY them.

By: Magdeblog » Programm-Preiskrönungen ein Nicht-Programm

Magdeblog » Programm-Preiskrönungen ein Nicht-Programm — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:36:33 +0000

[...] Die ganze Geschichte Teil 1 Teil 2. [...]

By: this program does nothing at all « js9600.dk

this program does nothing at all « js9600.dk — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:17:36 +0000

[...] historie værd at skrive sig bag øret er den om ham der lavede et program, rundsendte det til diverse [...]

By: Logan

Logan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:31:28 +0000

This is brilliant! Thanks for the informative article. I knew that download sites were very lax with their ratings, but I had no idea it was to such an extent that they didn’t even TRY them.

As a software developer it saddens me to discover that what I thought was for the most part genuine appreciation of my work is in fact nothing more than pagerank politics.

By: The software awards scam « Successful Software

The software awards scam « Successful Software — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:19:00 +0000

[...] 23 awards ‘won’ at the latest count. [...]

By: Stephane Grenier

Stephane Grenier — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:06:08 +0000

You should try having a firstname like “Stephane”. Many people confuse it with “Stephanie”, which is a gender change. I’m used to it now, it’s not offensive to me. It’s just entertaining how many people miss that, even in print!

As for quoting, I’ve found that sometimes it’s not all that accurate. In the last few interviews I did some of the information wasn’t 100% accurate. It was close enough.

I can appreciate their situation though. Try writing something someone tells you about a topic you’ve never heard of before. You’re bound to make some mistakes. That’s just life…