>Jim,
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>>Did he???
>>It looked to me exactly like his old account, picture and all.
>>I *assumed* he had been de-de-listed.
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>It's pretty apparent that he created a fake account using the name Joel Risby (if I remember it correctly) to post the link to his blog and then made dozens of posts in defense of "Claude," all the while pretending to be Joel.
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>When Michel figured it out, he merged the accounts together, which is why you now see all those messages from Claude that refer to Claude in the third person (showing his original account) and all those messages TO Claude where the posts are worded as if they are addressed to Joel.
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>It's sad that Claude stooped to such a deceptive level and carried on the deception for so long throughout that thread, but it's kind of fascinating to read back through his posts and see the lengths to which he went in deceiving us -- comments like "As far as I can see this is a trully free Open Source product" and "Claude has responded to all of my questions in a professional manner."
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>He got what he deserved for those actions, and I understand Doug's desire not to work with Claude after the unprofessional way Claude handled this situation.

I see now. Thanks for clearing that up, David.
Silly me... taking things at face value.