Author Topic: Announcement: DonationCoder.com Has Been Sold to Apple (Read 23312 times)

mouser · « **on:** April 01, 2007, 07:36 PM »

Good news!
Yesterday I had a long conversation with Steve Jobs, and he has made an offer to buy DonationCoder.com!

Now some of you may have heard me slagging off Apple and Steve Jobs before, but that was all in the past. Now that I am part of the Apple family I love them.

Everything you know and love about DonationCoder.com will stay the same, except for a few minor changes:

All MS Windows-based versions of our software will be discontinues as of April 4th.
All current software will be ported to the Apple iPhone.
The official website url will be changing to iDonationCoder.com
All about boxes will now show a photo of Stever Jobs with a glowing Halo above his head.
Our software will only be available on iTunes and will cost $500 per license.

mouser · « **Reply #1 on:** April 01, 2007, 07:38 PM »

ps. I have been informed by Steve Jobs that the following terms should no longer be used to describe our stuff: donationware, freeware, software, shareware, etc.

From now on please only use the proper term: iWare.

cranioscopical · « **Reply #2 on:** April 01, 2007, 07:40 PM »

This must be a date to think about!

lanux128 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2007, 08:46 PM »

man, previously i used to upgrade hardware to get the "maximum" from certain games.. but i didn't realize it would come to this, now i have to get rid of PC and get a Mac!

cnewtonne · « **Reply #4 on:** April 02, 2007, 12:17 AM »

Mouser,
what is this all about?

tsaint · « **Reply #5 on:** April 02, 2007, 12:34 AM »

After downloading from itunes, will I be able to get FARR off my ipod to run on another machine?

2stepsback · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2007, 02:54 AM »

Hello iDonationCoder.com friends,

This is to inform you that in addition to the previously stated changes, we have decided to introduce iDonationCoder.com support packages starting from $24.95 per issue or $29.95 per 10-minute support session.

Additionally, we will soon be releasing a comprehensive list of support packages along similar lines to help meet growing demand from our customer community.
We strive to keep our customers happy by providing high quality products at extremely affordable prices and friendly support packages for your computing needs.

We are happy to see that a number of Small and Medium Businesses have benefitted from our services and so we shall be introducing a Best Small Business award for the most active SMB on the iDonationCoder.com portal. Such a winner will be officially given the title of "iSMB of the year".

The process will be as follows:
1. Each applicant will detail his/her contributions and benefits derived from iDonationCoder.com
2. Possibly the financial and other legal documents to support the claimed figures.
3. The applications will be reviewed by our screening community and we will decide three final winners.
4. The decision of the screening committee will be final and binding.

Winners will be entitled to a free one-year subscription to special iDonationCoder.com sections like SMB Central and iSMB.

Kindly note that due to a speedy acquisition process, we have not been able to finalize the subscription packages for these zones for the general public so far. We apologize for the same and will soon be fixing the issue.

In addition to benefits like access to these special SMB zones, paying members will get attractive free gifts like handouts for display at their various office locations, audio clips, and cellphone ringtones to greet their friends and family with, and a free download of the client software. Additionally, one email support issue comes totally free with paid membership.

We hope you enjoy this new offering of ours as much as we enjoy providing it for you.

Yours sincerely,
2stepsback,
Chief of Operations,
iDonationCoder.com Support

JoTo · « **Reply #7 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:05 AM »

And there are exactly 2 Statements that are true for every situation that nobody can deny:

1. Mouser is telling always the truth (on ALL Days of the year) and
2. The Earth is a flat disk and not a sphere

Srikat got me as a fool already in the irc channel with another horror message about DC...no, no...NOT AGAIN!

LOL
JoTo

A wise man said: Got me fooled once, i have to blame YOU. Got me fooled twice, its ME that have to be blamed. :-)))

mouser · « **Reply #8 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:08 AM »

Thanks for posting about that 2steps, i forgot to mention those details.

I should also remind people not to contact 2steps directly -- doing so will void your service contract. Instead please call your local iDonationCoder town representative, who will give you a proper region identification code, which you can then use to determine your support representative, who will be able to direct your support phone call appropriately.

f0dder · « **Reply #9 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:36 AM »

A wise man said: Got me fooled once, i have to blame YOU. Got me fooled twice, its ME that have to be blamed. :-)))
-JoTo (April 02, 2007, 03:05 AM)

I thought the Wise Man^TM said: "fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again"?

app103 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 02, 2007, 04:13 AM »

You forgot to mention the real reason why Apple would want DonationCoder:

They want Cody. They heard he is very good at deworming apples.

bjk · « **Reply #11 on:** April 02, 2007, 07:25 AM »

From now on please only use the proper term: iWare.
-mouser (April 01, 2007, 07:38 PM)

And as of April. 2nd use the proper term iJoke, please ;-)

Congratulations! For a second or two you caught me!

Josh · « **Reply #12 on:** April 02, 2007, 12:47 PM »

mouser, with this announcement, I hearby announce my total removal from this site in its entirity. I simply cannot and will not be a victim of the apple monster.

Toodles DC

kovi2 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:34 PM »

Hey, I almost believed it

mouser · « **Reply #14 on:** April 02, 2007, 01:42 PM »

Yep, just to clear up any confusions, this was just an "April Fools Day" Joke.

Tekzel · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:00 PM »

mouser, with this announcement, I hearby announce my total removal from this site in its entirity. I simply cannot and will not be a victim of the apple monster.

Toodles DC
-Josh (April 02, 2007, 12:47 PM)

You know, if I didn't know better I would say Josh actually believed this. Naaa, couldn't be!

tinjaw · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:06 PM »

Yep, just to clear up any confusions, this was just an "April Fools Day" Joke.
-mouser (April 02, 2007, 01:42 PM)

Yeah. Jessie actually sold it to CNET.

mouser · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:09 PM »

Tekzel!!!
DcTiles has been needing your attention for quite some time! Please attend to your messages!

app103 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2007, 03:36 PM »

Look what I found in the IRC channel quotes list:

<JoTo> mouser will sell dc to digg!

For those of you that don't know, I am the keeper of the quotes in dc's IRC channel. If you say something really funny or embarrassing (that you hope nobody saw), I will see it and make sure everyone else does too....
in blinding yellow...
every time you return to the channel.

(it's never mean spirited, it's all in fun and a lot of laughs)

JoTo and mouser are tied for the most quotes in the file, at 21 each.

lanux128 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2007, 08:52 PM »

Yeah. Jessie actually sold it to CNET.
-tinjaw (April 02, 2007, 03:06 PM)

where's the link, tinjaw? hehe mouser really pulled off a great hoax this time..

dhuser · « **Reply #20 on:** April 03, 2007, 09:15 AM »

I saw this on apple's page yesterday:
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(see the bottom where the news is)

Maybe it wasn't a hoax...

dhuser

nite_monkey · « **Reply #21 on:** April 10, 2007, 07:08 PM »

Yep, just to clear up any confusions, this was just an "April Fools Day" Joke.
-mouser (April 02, 2007, 01:42 PM)

Yeah, well... I have to go change my pants now.