Bottom message is a response to bug report I made this afternoon and my response back.

No, I am not a satisfied customer and will not renew my pro license.

2.8.5 is performing better I have installed the application on my main boot drive partition and removed all download files to another partition on my main drive. This is working well. Previously all files were on an outboard firewire drive. I have guessed that there are "issues" with firewire and gnutella clients on the mac using OS X 10.2 and all upgrades. I am not researching this problem just adapting. 2.7.13 was not reliable and never performed well even when installed to the main boot drive as I have done for 2.8.5 above. I will continue to use 2.8.5. it is all right, so far.

I have found a promising product for the Mac called iSwipe in Australia. http://www.hillmanminx.com/. Free download. It has some nice features. Limited sharing (100 files). Automated searches. Searches many networks including Napster, Gnutella, etc. Visual interface does not interfere with the interface of other programs. Limewire continues to do this. Very weird. Developed by one person. Not software by committee. Beta version. Still in development. I continue to watch and play.

Limewire continues to sell a buggy product by their own admission (see their response below). Does the left hand know what the right is doing? What a bunch of losers.

Sincerely,

Steve

__________________________

Dear Limewire Team,

I am a "Pro" user.

I changed to the current version 2.8.4 and then 2.8.5 because 1. That is the current version Limewire offers for download 2. I paid for it. 3. It performed better than 2.7.13. If it is so buggy, why the hell are you continuing to sell it and maintaining the links to download it?

2.7.13 sucks **** on the Mac. I will not reinstall it. When this pro license runs out, it will be the last purchase I ever make from Limewire.

There are plenty of competitors out there with promising products. Look out Limewire!

Sincerely,

Steve

--- bugs@limewire.com wrote:
> This is an automated bugs@limewire.com email
> response.
>
> Your submission to bugs@limewire.com indicated that
> you are using a buggy version of LimeWire that
> requires change. Please visit the LimeWire download
> page and switch to the current version. This may
> involve a rollback to version 2.7.13.
> http://www.limewire.com/index.jsp/download
>
> Thanks,
>
> The LimeWire Team

Their lack of professionalism is mind boggling, isn't it? Obviously, they knew it was problematic, at least the creator of the automated message did. Too bad he/she didn't speak to the other folks in the office to coordinate their reaction. I just don't understand how they could be smart enough to write this type of application, but can't connect the dots in their own office.

LimeWire version 2.6.5
Java version 1.1.8 from Apple Computer, Inc.
Mac OS v. 9.2.1 on PowerPC
Free/total memory: 15710931/29418624

java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1.convert(CharToByteISO88 59_1.java)
at java.lang.String.getBytes(Compiled Code)
at java.lang.String.getBytes(Compiled Code)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.URLDecoder.decode(Comp iled Code)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.UploadManager.parseTraditio nalGet(Compiled Code)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.UploadManager.parseHttpRequ est(Compiled Code)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.UploadManager.acceptUpload( Compiled Code)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.Acceptor$ConnectionDispatch Runner.run(Compiled Code)

-- listing properties --
TIMEOUT=8000
PROMPT_EXE_DOWNLOAD=true
CONNECT_STRING=GNUTELLA CONNECT/0.4
FORCE_SUPERNODE_MODE=false
SHOPPING_VIEW_ENABLED=true
COOKIES_FILE=lib/Cookies.dat
JAR_NAME=LimeWi
MONITOR_VIEW_ENABLED=true
FORCE_IP_ADDRESS=false
PORT=6346
SKIN_THEME=/Macintosh HD/programs/limewire/LimeW...
LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1047602594621
CLEAR_DOWNLOAD=false
SEARCH_LIMIT=64
SOFT_MAX_TTL=7
MAX_TTL=16
SERVER=false
PERSISTENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=15000
EVER_SUPERNODE_CAPABLE=false
FORCED_IP_ADDRESS_STRING=0.0.0.0
BLACK_LISTED_IP_ADDRESSES=
WINDOW_Y=35
WINDOW_X=20
CONNECT_OK_STRING=GNUTELLA OK
AVERAGE_UPTIME=12439
MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=8
SERVANT_TYPE=XML_CLIENT
FILTER_DUPLICATES=true
FRACTIONAL_UPTIME=0.035744116
APP_WIDTH=840
TOTAL_UPTIME=49757
SHUTDOWN_AFTER_TRANSFERS=true
KEEP_ALIVE=4
APP_HEIGHT=600
CLASSPATH=LimeWi
DIRECTORIES_TO_SEARCH_FOR_FILES=/FireWire 78 GB/downloads/;/FireWire ...
DISABLE_SUPERNODE_MODE=false
RUN_ONCE=true
CONNECT_ON_STARTUP=true
FREELOADER_FILES=1
LIBRARY_VIEW_ENABLED=true
CLIENT_ID=BFB9D471EA6B411BFF8E7E1627644400
SOFT_MAX_UPLOADS=5
FILTER_HTML=false
MAX_LENGTH=65536
MINIMUM_SEARCH_SPEED=0
CLEAR_UPLOAD=true
FILTER_ADULT=false
SESSIONS=4
FORCED_PORT=6346
MAX_UPLOADS=20
ALLOW_BROWSER=false
FILTER_GREEDY_QUERIES=true
FILTER_VBS=true
MAX_SHIELDED_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS=75
MIN_SHIELDED_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS=4
MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=152
MINIMIZE_TO_TRAY=false
ADVANCED_QUERY_INFO=50
UPLOAD_SPEED=100
MINIMUM_SEARCH_QAULITY=2
EXTENSIONS_TO_SEARCH_FOR=html;htm;xml;txt;pdf;ps;r tf;doc;tex;m...
FREELOADER_ALLOWED=100
LANGUAGE=
INSTALLED=true
BROWSER=netscape
COUNTRY=
CONNECTION_SPEED=350
I was told to copy this message and send it to limewire.

BANNED_WORDS=
UPLOADS_PER_PERSON=3
ACCEPT_AUTHENTICATED_CONNECTIONS_ONLY=false
BASIC_QUERY_INFO=1000
CHAT_ENABLED=true
TTL=7
INCOMPLETE_PURGE_TIME=7
CONNECTION_VIEW_ENABLED=false
LAST_SHUTDOWN_TIME=1047624179930
PARALLEL_SEARCH=5
AD_VERSION=1.0
EVER_ACCEPTED_INCOMING=true
CHECK_AGAIN=true
PLAYER_ENABLED=true
MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=90
WHITE_LISTED_IP_ADDRESSES=
FILTER_HIGHBIT_QUERIES=true
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=/Macintosh HD/programs/limewire/LimeW...
LOCALE_VARIANT=