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> * What does "thousands of readers" have to do with anything?  There
> was nothing defaming or insulting about his post.  He asked an honest
> question.

Just pointing out that he is addressing many people, not just one.

> * It's probably a kid, and you're an adult who should behave a little
> more responsibly.

I've seen nothing in my decades of online experience to support that
fact.  Sad, but true.

> * I think you meant "hundreds", pal.

The DJGPP home page gets over a thousand visitors a day.  The
newsgroup has seen around 300 individual people *posting* in the last
two months.  I'm guessing from that that there are a lot of people who
only read the list, and it's not to hard to imagine 2 or more readers
for every poster.  But we'll never know for sure.

> I am a BIG fan of your product, but you really gotta caaalm down, li'l
> dogey.

Yeah, I know.  Each little thing isn't so bad, but they add up over
the months and eventually someone gets picked to be the scapegoat.
Hey, at least I answered his question too ;)