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by thfuran 265 days ago
So you'd tell customers "No, I'm not fixing that bug because doing so would offend my aesthetic sensibilities. Yes, I know you have a support contract, but I simply refuse to address your problem even though I could"? Or maybe you'd phrase it a little differently in public.
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Yes, I have told customers exactly that when there was no supported way to achieve what they wanted. I'm not putting my name on that.
“Poor decisions on your part do not constitute an emergency on mine.”
"Poor decisions on a third party's part do constitute an emergency on mine."