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This is the only post I will make regarding Proxomiton.

Yes, I pulled the site down.

No, It's not because of Arne so no one should blame him. I'm not happy with all those on the Yahoo list doing so.

I make lots of changes to the program with being human I sometimes forget to document. I added this one because of a few emails requesting it since it was a minor alteration (1 line of code). I fogot about it until it was mentioned on the list.

Yes, I was hurt that Arne attacked me personally for this rather than just making a case for changing it back - which I probably would have been willing to do if enough people wanted it. I think my post at Yahoo confirm this: As I said on the list, people will of course only request something the program doesn't already do. So I know having a number of requests for an item doesn't necessairly mean that's what most people want.

I don't use "anon" proxies much myself anymore so I didn't think much about it from that angle. To me having fail-over seem like a good idea since it makes the connection itself more reliable. The basic argument people requesting the feature made to me was "A proxy is to help your connection - one that you can't connect to isn't helping". To be bypassed the proxy actually has to fail to connect - usually after several retries. The problem is many anon proxies are overloaded or misconfigured so connection failures are not as uncommon as they are with a normal proxy.

As Arne said, this isn't the first time I've considered giving it all up. This is just the first time I've actually done it. I apologize, I'm not perfect - all I was trying to do was the best I can. However, if a change I considered so minor can get me labeled as a "betrayer of trust" from someone I've long regarded with respect, then perhaps I shouldn't be doing this at all.

In the end it's a matter of balance. There are many, many reasons for me to give it up - not just this. In this day and age I even worry someone might sue me because of it. I have to ask myself why devote so much of my life to something when it can illicit this kind of reaction from people. I've never asked that *anyone* use the program, and I'm surely not offended if people wish to use something else.

Lastly, although the official versions may be re-distributed the beta's may not (this was made clear in the readme that came with them). I ask that their license please be respected. They do contain bugs which were fixed in the final version (non withstanding any bugs that may have) and it's possible these bugs could be exploited.

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