PJF ... > I think he is perfectly entitled to publicly sever his >association with the edited article and to state why (if >he breaks an agreement in the process of doing so, that's >his problem). I agree completely that Ornlu or anyone for that fact has the right to publicly distance themselves from misconstrued words, verbal or written. It would have been better if Ornlu had simply opened a thread and given a brief statement about the matter, stated that what he actually had written would be posted in 90 days and that as a matter of personal integerity he would not discuss the matter until then and asked AS or Clay to lock the thread. However, as is obvious, as folks continued to ask questions, Ornlu continued to provide answers or examples. That is partly where I have issues, it became a public trashing of Renderosity. >Why restrict it to a fee-paying audience when you aren't >even getting a fee yourself, and when what you say is >mangled by people who don't know what they're doing? You >almost certainly got started in this with the help of >people openly sharing their knowledge - so why not return >the compliment? Agreed, I have difficulities with how this online magazine is being handled. Would I pay for it? No. Certainly an editor should have a knowledge of the subject that they are editing. I have been a subject matter expert in electronic switching systems and have written tech manuals before, but I was quite fortunant that the editor had a very good knowledge of the equipment and only hacked my poor spelling and grammar. :) As I mentioned before, this is not personal, my words would have been the same for anyone else. Had this thread died after a couple of posts, I would have thought nothing of it, however, starting at post 6 it got out of control. There is simply no need to publicly trash Renderosity. For what is basically a free service for the bulk of us here, Renderosity, the admins and mods do a pretty good job. Are there some bumps, oh yes, but there are mature and appropriate ways to handle the bumps in the road of life.