Interesting reply

[Ken17625]

I was commenting on the program Zalzah and commented about the posting of the article by a certain individual. I, in effect, called him a liar. And it was true to a certain point. I have no contempt for this individual but thought maybe some of you can help me figure out, quite frankly, what the hell he is talking about. Below is 1 of 2 private messages that this user sent to me in regards to my post. The other PM contained nothing of importance. I'll comment under each of his points and state my point of view as to

A. What he "said"

B. What I "said"


Zalzah
1st, i never said that Download.com made the claim. I posted right under that I emailed Zalzah

I never claimed Download.com said that this client connected to Kazaa(fasttrack was what is implied). I claimed you posted, text from the official website, that stated it connected to Kazaa(fasttrack).

2nd, I'm not promoting Zalzah. The reason why I posted it was that people from Kazaa can easily adjust to the interface. It might help Gnutella have a larger user base.


So, in effect, I interpret that as keeping up the claim that the client connects to kazaa(fasttrack), in order to lure Kazaa users into migrating to Gnutella("It might help Gnutella have a larger user base.").

3rd, I know the makers tend to lie. They ripped the FAQ and User Guide off of Kazaa. The User Guide even says "Kreate". And their emails may be fake. They keep on geting sent back.__________________
The future isn't what it used to be. - Yogi Berra

I agree with you here. All I ask is that you, as a fellow ZP member, make sure you post accurate info when submitting an article for all of us to read. Even if the makers of the program lie to you. Now, if you DIDN'T know that this client does not connect to Kazaa(fasttrack) then that would be okay, but once again I quote you - "The reason why I posted it was that people from Kazaa can easily adjust to the interface. It might help Gnutella have a larger user base." - That means you knew the info was false and posted it anyway. False is false even if you quote someone else. Besides, this isn't a news broadcast, this is YOUR contribution to ZP regarding a program release. If I wanted the makers thoughts and info on the program, I would have went to their website. So for all to know, one last time, Zalzah connects to the GNUTELLA network as Download.com stated. And on a personal note, I don't trust the makers of this program. They lie. Thank you for your time, and sorry if I wasted your time. Now i'm going to go beat myself over the head with my keyboard. Goodbye.

[cheapprick]

You couldn't be over-reacting?

I think he posted it in good faith. Their damn site used those words and seeing it wasn't in the news section, he probably figured it was a good story.

Jesus, there is a story on the front page that some professional shmuck wrote that says iMesh has 30 million users. Try contacting him and asking if he checked to make sure it was accurate. LOL

I'm not trying to piss you off, but I didn't see the sense in you guys' conversation.

[Ken17625]

"I'm not trying to piss you off, but I didn't see the sense in you guys' conversation"


Actually neither did I. I guess this post is kind of useless. I this somehow wasted anybody time, I apologise. The most important thing I wanted to state was that this client connected to Gnutella and only Gnutella. But I guess it doesn't matter anymore if Download.com got rid of it. I guess it may be dead?

[notbob]

reporters need to check their sources--if you put up a story, test the validity of the product's claims--if you aren't knowlegeable enough, pass it off to someone who is and report their findings--it's called journalism, and it's what zeropaid needs

we need stories about programs that work, not ads for products that don't exist

i think it was some good skepticism, and a good effect (destruction of a bunk product)

way to go ken, thumbs up from notbob!

[Sephiroth]

Its not surprizeing there are tons of very small gnutella programs that are out there and most are dead.. Most arent very good either IMO.