Wow. First of all—I've never in my life received so many kind words and support and all that good stuff. The Mac community is a tight-knit group of truly excellent people and I'm definitely bathing in that feeling right now. Honestly, the emails and messages and comments and everything have been overwhelming and I thank everyone for what they've written. I wanted to post a quick follow-up to make a few important points.
I wrote the so-called "xPad Debacle" post for two reasons:
- To apologize to xPad users for the mess and to announce that xPad was now freeware, soon to be open-sourced (it will take me a few days to get it all online in logical order)
- To post public record of what happened in my business deal with Mr. Ball, and how I felt the situation was handled on his part, which I felt was unprofessional
One thing this was not about, at all, was me getting money. I want to make it perfectly clear that this is not about the money.
A lot of people have kindly offered donations, to buy (the now-free) xPad, et cetera, and I really appreciate the thought, but that's not what I want. As I wrote on Digg, all Google Adsense profits from the xPad website will be going to The National MS Society.
In addition, if you want to donate money, please donate it to the MS Society as well. There are a lot of people out there suffering and I'd much rather you donate the money to help them than to me.