Thread: Losing Markus
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Old 11-30-2024, 12:36 AM   #5
mytreds
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Originally Posted by jksander View Post
Twenty-seven years is a long time for anyone to do anything ... I've been on these forums off and on for twenty-two of those, and a lot has changed for me in that time. I feel confident that the team he built will be able to keep things going in the right direction, eventually every torch has to be passed ...
I think this sentiment is naively optimistic. Rarely has ever a passing of torches resulted in better products. I mean, I don’t wish for bad things to happen, but I’m being realistic.
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