[pianotech] pianotech - WE are the bastard offspring

[paul bruesch]

Will,
So eloquent as always. It would be impossible for me to agree any more than
I do. 100% is 100%.
Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Encore Pianos
<encorepianos at metrocast.net>wrote:

> Hi Kent:
>
> I would like to engage some of your comments, and will start by saying that
> you are not of the bad guys, so nothing following is directed personally at
> you.
>
> I agree that the closing of mailman by the powers that be is a lost cause.
> They have never really listened to us, and they give us no reason to
> believe
> that they will start now.  It is fait accompli as of April 1.  A great many
> of us have recognized that and are moving towards a new list elsewhere, as
> evidenced by the mechanics and discussion of moving to Googletech.  We are
> the bastard offspring they have created, and we are leaving home to go
> someplace where we are wanted and respected.
>
> The protest is a lost cause in the sense that it will not bring back
> Pianotech.  The unsubscribing to HL is the point of the protest.  It is
> there to state that the way that the closing of the Pianotech forum has
> been
> handled over the past 2 years has been divisive, destructive, - and
> avoidable.  There is a cost to the way that the board has made its choices.
> It is clear to many that the board has not acted in good faith towards the
> participants of Pianotech.  We had been lead to believe that other options
> would be explored that were exclusive of Pianotech or HL, and it is clear
> that any statements to that effect have never been more than window
> dressing.
>
> I believe that the majority of participants in Pianotech would have
> welcomed
> a replacement for Pianotech that works as simply as it does, and adds some
> features that are the byproduct of software evolution.  Improvements aside,
> the fundamental architecture of the interface of the HL site still
> functions
> like it was designed by a bunch of 12 year old boys at recess.  I can still
> recall how my heart fell to the floor the first time I opened the HL site
> and I thought, "Oh.... My..... God...  What a piece of shit.  How could
> they
> do this to us?"
>
> I did not want to use it then, and nothing they have done to improve it is
> enough to make me want to use it now.  That's where most of us are, and we
> are not Luddites.  We recognize the blindingly obvious, while others choose
> to avoid it.
>
> Here is where I will disagree with you most strongly, Kent:  " So, I would
> like to express the opinion that an alternative to abandoning my.ptg would
> be instead to sign up for my.ptg and continue to put the pressure on for it
> to work correctly."  It will never function as well as PIanotech without a
> ground floor rewrite and redesign of the interface.  There is no reason to
> believe that HL has either the capability or interest in doing so.   Nor
> have we been given any reason to believe that our board even wants such a
> thing or considers it important.  They do not give a damn about what we
> want.  What evidence is there that this attitude will change anytime soon?
> They've done their dirty deed, and they can go back to sleep now.  It's
> over.
>
> Utter mediocrity has won.  These people are the face of the organization
> PTG
> and dishonor it with their smallness.  That is why some people are choosing
> to leave PTG, and why so many are working to create a viable and enjoyable
> alternative replacement for Pianotech.
>
> Most respectfully yours,
>
> Will Truitt
>
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