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- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ethnic conflict - Yugoslavia
Bosnia: still ethnically divided?
It's been 20 years since the bitter conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina broke out, a war which cost 100,000 people their lives. It tore communities apart, and ignited ethnic tensions between Bosnia's three largest communities: Bosnian Serbs, Croats and Bosniak Muslims. And the country is still governed along ethnic lines. Our reporters travelled to Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka to find out how divided Bosnia remains today.
Right from the outset, it was clear this was going to be a difficult and sensitive report to shoot. We'd spent months trying to set up interviews with people throughout Bosnia on the ethnic divisions still in place today. Several requests fell through, some right at the last moment. We'd actually begun filming in an ethnically segregated school in central Bosnia when one of the head teachers suddenly pulled the plug. He was the head of the Croat side of the school, supposedly working in tandem with his Bosniak counterpart. But the two men didn't share any office space, and trying to get them together was apparently pushing their boundaries too far. We were suddenly given the cold shoulder, and told we'd have to apply for another permit from education authorities in the area – a vortex of red tape and local ethnic squabbles which we'd already been through several times. Trying to get TV cameras into these divided schools is a big ask, and shows just how raw feelings still are around such issues.
Eventually we decided to film instead at the inspiring Mostar Grammar School, whose forward-looking head teacher has been pushing hard for greater integration between his Bosniak and Croat pupils. He's now the sole director of the school, which simplifies the task enormously. He's inaugurated communal IT classes, and students spend their breaks between lessons together. All the young people we spoke to there said they wanted to mix more, and that they found these ethnic divisions outdated and unnecessary.
Throughout the country, ordinary people expressed their weariness with the way Bosnia is divided and run by politicians. We found a population on the whole eager to move on from the war, and mainly worried now about how they'll cope economically. The financial crisis has hit Bosnia hard, and the squabbles between ethnically-based political parties have worsened its impact.
At times it felt as though the country was stuck in a time warp – that its structures had been frozen somewhere in the years just after the war. Its map is still based on the Dayton Peace Accords drawn up in 1995, with internal borders based on the front lines of the war. Road signs read "Welcome to the Republika Srpska" when you cross over into the Bosnian Serb political entity, and the Serb rather than the Bosnian flag flies high in its capital. Locals told us complicated stories of paying different tax rates in different regions, and of the huge paperwork involved in voting in another area. Bosnian people may wish to move on, but it's going to take a long time to bring the country closer together in political and organisational terms.
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Ethnic division will persist
by Bosnian_Genocide - 16/12/2012 - 07:36
Ethnic division will persist in Bosnia-Herzegovina until Serb(ian) side acknowledges the scope of war crimes they perpetrated against Bosniaks and Croats. Serbs committed at least 90% of all war crimes, including Ethnic Cleansing, Mass Rape, Confinement in Concentration Camps, and Genocide.
Everyone has an ax to grind
by melvinleppla - 02/12/2012 - 18:16
Everyone has an ax to grind with someone. The answer is so simple, but so hard to do. People should just plain leave each other alone without trying to impose something upon each other. Just allow people to be people.
Many groups that make up a society want to implement rules on other groups over something that happened ages and ages ago. The United States far from perfect, and we have our own problems but for the most part we get along if the politicians would stop imposing rules upon rules upon us.
Rules stifle imagination and creativity. It makes some people feel repressed and directed at them.
Bottom line people should just treat people like they want to be treated, it is as simple as that.
Of course it is divided, when
by Ronald_ST - 01/12/2012 - 20:12
Of course it is divided, when EU and UN supported artificial with war crimes and genocide division of that multiethnic, and before war very mixed country, so before war everybody lived everywhere in that country, and now that country with war crimes and genocide have three groups, all in "theirs" corners, except perhaps Bosniaks side, where expelled from Serbian and Croatian occupied parts live together today with Bosniaks. Sorry to say, but EU and UN supported that so that country is not anymore mixed like before war.
The main problem with Bosnia is internal territorial division, supported by UN, US and EU, which is based on war crimes and genocide, not ethnically or even historically, so in future it is natural to expect problems, most likely even new arms conflicts.
So why is Bosnia divided? Because it is consequence of the unpunished war crimes and genocide, plus because UN, US and EU supported that division, speaking honestly.

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Please Cherokee Nation, stop taking on these extreme cases. The warning from Justice Thomas was a clear shot across the bow in his comments. You are screwing things up for all Indians. Stop being so dumb!
Supreme Court Reverses, Remands Baby Veronica Case Back to South Carolina
In a move that ensured the protracted continuance of the four-year custody battle over Veronica Brown, the Supreme Court today reversed and remanded Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl back to the South Carolina courts for further review. In a narrow 5-4 ruling that revealed the philosophical fracture among the justices, the nation's highest Court held that sections of the Indian Child Welfare Act "did not bar the termination of parental rights" under state law.
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, rested the majority argument on the hair-splitting phrase "continued custody," holding that "showing that serious harm to the Indian child is likely to result from the parent's 'continued custody' of the child—does not apply when, as here, the relevant parent never had custody of the child." Further, the majority ruled that existing Indian family placement preference do not apply when "no alternative party has formally sought to adopt the child."
Though the Court did not terminate the parental rights of Dusten Brown or transfer custody of Veronica back to the Capobiancos, the justices left intact the remainder of the Indian Child Welfare Act and remanded the case back to South Carolina. Now, Brown and the Capobiancos will square off yet again in what has become one of the longest, most bitter, contentious and expensive custody fights in U.S. History. In his ominous concurrence with the majority ruling, Justice Clarence Thomas raised the stakes by including a voluminous appraisal of the Indian Commerce Clause and its rhetorical application in the difference between "tribes" and "Indian persons."
In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor made clear that simply because the majority disagreed with the Congressional policies outlined in ICWA, it was not a valid reason to "distort the provisions of the Act."
"The majority does not and cannot reasonably dispute that ICWA grants biological fathers, as "parent[s]," the right to be present at a termination of parental rights proceeding and to have their views and claims heard there." wrote Justice Sotomayor. "But the majority gives with one hand and takes away with the other. Having assumed a uniform federal definition of "parent" that confers certain procedural rights, the majority then illogically concludes that ICWA' substantive protections are available only to a subset of "parent[s]": those who have previously had physical or state-recognized legal custody of his or her child. The statute does not support this departure."
Court watchers in this case have now shifted the focus from the stricken provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act to the broader, more widely interpreted standard of "best interest analysis" in determining custodial placement of Veronica between Matt and Melanie Capobianco and Dusten and Robin Brown.
"What this Court said is that going forward, unwed birth fathers who do not take the steps required to acquire parental rights will not benefit from the provisions in ICWA," said Martin Guggenheim, Professor of Law at New York University. "By remanding back to the lower courts, 'best interest' is now a new question before the courts, and that she may suffer a second disruption in her life. But Sotomayor did remind the reader in her dissent that the Cherokee Nation could put forward other options in jurisdiction and adoptive preference. Either way, the Supreme Court won't care what South Carolina does with respect to interest, though the length of time [Veronica] spent with the father is now a factor in his favor."
While the Court did strike certain sections of the law, it left intact the rest of the act, which is still applicable under federal mandate.
"We're relieved that the Court upheld Congressional authority to protect Indian children," said Terry Cross, executive director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association. "This decision only applies to unwed fathers, but it remains our job to make sure people know that ICWA is still law, it's still in force and they have to follow it."
At the Cherokee Nation tribal headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Principal Chief Bill John Baker pledged the tribe's support in assisting Dusten Brown in the duration of this litigation.
"Certainly we're disappointed with the ruling, namely because Dusten Brown now has a whole litany of legal issues still before him," said Baker. "But we are hopeful that he will prevail because the facts in this case are on his side. As a father and grandfather, it's hard to see any parent be told that they can't raise their own biological child. Regardless of the circumstances, it has been extremely painful to watch."
I hope this doesn't give the
I hope this doesn't give the courts permission to sell our Native American children to the highest bidder. Veronica has been with her birth father for the past two years, plenty of time to know her biological family in her own memory. Her life will only, be disrupted if they give her back to the people who paid $25,000.00 to the person who sold her without Dusten Browns permission and consent. They should keep the ICWA family together at all costs. I'm no lawyer but the baby knows who her real father now and it will be detrimental to her development to jerk her away from her real family into the arms of complete strangers. They have not even seen her and only spoke to her on the phone once.
For those who recklessly make
For those who recklessly make statements about this case without knowing all of the facts, shame on you... 1st point - Dustin did not know that the baby was going to be put up for adoption. 2nd point - The South Carolina couple is referring to as the "adoptive" parents, when in fact Veronica was not formally adopted by them. 3rd point - The only reason that she was with them for two years was because from the age of four months to two years old, they refused to return her to her father. In fact, their lawyer conspired to thwart the system by sending a request to the Cherokee tribe for confirmation of the father's enrollment, but "accidentally" mispelled his name and gave the wrong date of birth for him. This action, among others, prevented a timely return of this child to her rightful father, who was never given due notice or process in order to provide him the chance to oppose the adoption. The hateful comments regarding ICWA are being made by narrow minded people who have no idea of the atrocities that have been committed on the indigenous people of this land. Try reading the history of our treatment of these people - have any other races had their children ripped away continously for two centuries and been sexually, mentally and physically abused, been forced off of their lands, slaughtered by the millions so that white European settlers could "civilize" this continent? Think about your own heritage - I suppose that's not important to your identity but for most people - adopted or otherwise - it is very much so....
To the last 2 commenters: It
To the last 2 commenters: It does not matter if Dustin knew about the adoption or if he did not give his consent. He gave up his right to have a say when he legally gave up his parental rights. This happened twice- in a text before Veronica's birth as well as after, on a sworn document. Someone who later tells the court that they did not plan on raising their child, nor did they plan on paying child support, should not get to determine who does or does not do those things.
Also, its been established that Veronica was not "sold". I believe the Capobiancos paid $10,000 ($25,000) for expenses. The hospital cost alone can cost 10,000. Add to that maternity clothes, prenatal check ups and supplements and missed wages and 10k does not go very far.
The biggest simple fact of
The biggest simple fact of this case is that deception was used to secret this child away from her father. This man did NOT sign his rights way. The woman was dishonest to this child's father & had her lawyers, paid for by this couple, who tried & used ever dirty trick in the legal maneuvering play book.
That alone would disallow this couple from proceeding any further & they, this birth mother of the child & their law team would be charged with improper conduct at the VERY least. If criminal charges could be filed then I would proceed with those as well.
This is what happens too many times when folks don't marry & a child is born. The custodial parent can do all kinds of things WITHOUT even giving it a though of informing the birth father. Young men, learn to put the cart before the horse as we said in my day & age. When you don't, remember this SAME thing can happen to you as well. Learn to think for a change instead of getting caught up in a moment of lust & passion. Learn to avoid heart aches & future headaches by thinking with some common sense for a change.
Potential adoptive parents who behave like these folks have in SC are the prime example of who does NOT deserve to have a child regardless of their financial status. They have shown they are deceitful, dishonest people who do not like to be told "No" & they do not cope very well when things go against them. They choose to flaunt their finances & try & MAKE things go their way. There is a reason the Creator does not allow some folks to ever have a child. When the Great Spirit says, "NO!" It is NOT going to happen folks.
Son of the people, take this time to reflect, regroup & keep your eyes open. Pray always to the Great Spirit to help you each day, guide your decisions & choose the paths you need to travel. Never give up hope & believing ALL things are possible when our Creator is on our side!
I whole heartedly agree with
I whole heartedly agree with Jules regarding those here who don't know the facts of this case, and who don't understand the ICWA - don't make uninformed comments.
I whole heartedly agree with
I whole heartedly agree with Jules regarding those here who don't know the facts of this case, and who don't understand the ICWA - don't make uninformed comments.
I feel that we have laws in
I feel that we have laws in place to protect our children regardless whether or not the child has or has not been adopted. The child should be with their biological parent or parents. The way of the people ' WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN'.
Thank you Cherokee Nation for
Thank you Cherokee Nation for working so hard for your tribal members. The US Supreme Court has ultimately in my opinion gave adoption agencies a free go ahead on taking of our children. The don't have to follow adoption placement preferences now. So, now they can adopt kids out if they want too. The don't have to help people who are at risk of losing their parental rights. So they can just decide to terminate them when they want. I urge all people to move out of South Carolina. I urge all concerned parents to keep your kids close the US Congress controls your children you do not. Now DSS agencies can come in and start taking them away as they have been doing for the past 120 years. :( Now more than every I am confused about why some people don't have to follow ICWA.
Thank you Jules for trying to
Thank you Jules for trying to inform the willfully ignorant. I blame the media for their purposeful misinformation campaign, Dr Phil, Anderson Cooper etc... And Aho for this excellent article. I have been surfing For accurate reporting oFor the person who calls himself/herself "Stop the Cherok..." Are you out of your ever loving mind? This case is NOT the fault of the Tsalagi Nation. There is plenty of blame to go around but not the Nation. For starters let us look at the Mother who made tens of thousands of dollars attempting to sell her daughter to a Non-Indian, Non-Family couple behind the Father's back. Second this greedy selfish couple who for the sake of not losing will put the Nation, every Indigenous child, the Father, and foremost this beautiful baby, through the worst trauma imaginable which is NOT in the best interest of this little girl. And lastly Third, blame the media, more specifically Dr. Phil McGraw, who's Paula Deen moment surpasses Deen herself, with his scandalous melodramatic misrepresentation of affairs surrounding this family and this case. He has done more damage and fueled more racism towards Native Americans in recent times than anyone else. Your comment is dumb and the fact that you rudely attempt to speak for "all Indians" is inappropriate at best.
I can not believe the Supreme
I can not believe the Supreme Court!!! Following their logic then- the entire time the baby is in the mothers womb, she would be the only one to be determined a "parent" as she alone has custody. All men out there would not actually be a parent until after the birth and entry of the newborn into the home, so could not object to an abortion or adoption prior to birth. Likewise when a daycare, school, babysitter has physical custody of the child, they alone are the parent, as they alone have physical custody of the child in that moment. This is PARENTAL RIGHTS.
By their ruling ALL MEN have now lost parental right to their children. Supreme court disenfranchisement of all men of their rights should piss every man and woman off, regardless of heritage as the effects are very far reaching.
They have gotten this VERY WRONG!!!
Base ICWA regs demand that the correlating tribe be notified in writing and correctly, prior to outside adoption. The regs DO NOT state "someone has to have had custody prior or else the Regs in the act does not apply". This is TRIBAL RIGHTS Two very different rights are being combined by the Supreme Court and being negated.
The issue of circumventing the Regs in ICWA has already been covered not only at the time of creation of the act, but in court cases from the acts implementation. Very specifically - malfeasance and dereliction to adhere to the proper and correct notification of Tribe, remaining parent as well as extended family, is not a defense the governmental regulated agencies and their associates can claim. This item is contained within the ICWA and is crucial to the protect of children.
The Supreme Court needs to actually READ before making such an inane conclusion as I am sure if they did read - they would have seen that these issues are already addressed within the act itself and if I am remembering correctly, reversing their previous rulings on ICWA. With this ruling it looks like the Supreme court is seeking to abolish the ICWA itself.
The Capobiancos need to stop
The Capobiancos need to stop and let the little girl go I am not kidding. This child is a pawn and it's ridiculous. Let her be she has already formed a formed a bond with her biological father and she isn't going to remember that much. She is not a ping pong ball to go back and forth. This whole situation is garbage and I am so disgusted with the supreme court for this ridiculousness!
This man has EVERY Right to
This man has EVERY Right to HIS daughter! This battle started in 2010. The child was less than a year old. Not only that but HE didn't put her up for adoption the mother did! Yes he signed the papers, but he also had to go to Iraq! What was he suppose to do? Those men and women that are sent overseas have to do 1 year tour! Ask your self this, if she was your child and you had to do a years tour for this country and there was no one to keep your daughter for that year what would you do? He started fighting for HIS daughter 3 years ago! The law clearly states that no Native American child can be given to a non Native person! That's the LAW! The mothers lawyer should have checked the laws before this all happened! This man has EVERY right to this child! She is his daughter and is NOT FOR SALE!!! Let these people go find someone else's child! Now to Dustin and Robin, do NOT give her back! She is YOUR daughter! Don't let the United States Supreme Court trample on Native LAWS! Which they do to often! Keep her with you! You have her there, DON'T give up the fight! I am a mother, a grandmother and I also raised someone else's child. So I know both sides of this fence! You keep her and love her and raise her to know her heritage and language! To the Supreme Court, stay out of this fight, it's none of your business! It's NATIVE LAW! The mother and her lawyer should have known better!!! THIS CHILD IS NOT FOR SALE!!!
Robin Bushell Pettit, as I
Robin Bushell Pettit, as I understand it, his family volunteered to take care of Veronica while Dusten was deployed.
Native Americans have "no
Native Americans have "no voice" anymore.Native Americans "helped" the
US government "silence" our leaders that werent afraid to pick up a bull horn
and take on the Government and organize rallies & protests by constantly
criticzing them.The old "Native American press" had a huge hand in this.Now
all those "haters", time is here for you to step up and make a difference.I know
who you all are!Funny thing you can find these haters spending all their time at your local native american casino.As for ICWA ,this is going to be a good
one cause they've been sleeping on the job.Why i know?I've been observing
them in courts and they appear disengaged allways on their smart phones(during court proceedings)."If" these people don't want to fight for Native American interests then get out of the way.
just get out of the way
Elizabeth Phill, No they didn
Elizabeth Phill, No they didn't.. Here it is in the words of one of the Justices.. Alito wrote that Section 1912 of ICWA does not apply because Brown never had custody of his biological daughter, and wrote that Section 1915 of ICWA does not apply because no other Cherokee relatives, or other Indian families, stepped forward to assert custody.
This case was a long shot..
This case was a long shot.. For so MANY reasons.. There are so many layers here.. # 1 and many unanswered questions STILL..The main point I'd like to make clear, to anyone who has commented thinking this situation is a "HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING" (gone wrong)...You have no idea what you are saying.. Unless YOU were actually IN a human trafficking ring! This is as public as you can get.. & Although we all disagree with the outcome, it was all done above the board..This non Native family that won custody would never harm baby V.. Unlike the situations 30 to 50 years ago, where we were illegally stolen & disposed of!!! 85% of us placed in TOXIC, volatile Abusive in every way imaginable, "Families" "Homes" more like Prisons...This case is NOTHING close to the reasons WHY ICWA was born...This has damaged ICWA's Reputation for many different reasons, than one would consider...Baby V should have stayed with her Bio Father.. But then again, he should have never agreed to give Baby V up...In a TXT message...He has been said to have given permission to give baby V up, via TXT (which is so unfathomable to me). Birth Mom did what many Birth Mom's do ( now a day) in a healthy & LEGAL situation. Where she would have ZERO help raising a child properly...She in turn, sought out a LOVING couple to rear Baby V.. Baby V having some Native Ethnicity, is just one of her multi-ethnic layers..So this was not derived from a PRE-ICWA agenda or perspective, that the government never accepted responsibility for.. Birth Mom was paid $10,000.00 not $25, 000 as some keep saying...Still Baby V had no business being SOLD.. If in fact she was of some Cherokee descent... PLEASE..Let's be clear, Baby V was not STOLEN & placed in to a Human Trafficking ring! My GOD the conditions & comparisons of ICWA today, verses PRE- ICWA before 1978, & WHY ICWA was created, are completely night & day and as such are incomparable! Anyway..The adopted family won this round...But Cherokee Nation..I'd like to know a few more facts about Browns actual Heritage to the Tribe, OR was that used in a last ditch effort? My questions as always have been fair...Was Brown always enrolled or was this done to try to help alleviate, perpetuate or this adoption battle? If so, has Brown always been "Cherokee" in every way? He is cultural involved & a resident of the Cherokee Reservation? What I mean by that is.. "Being an Enrolled Indian" is more than being "Enrolled" Its a Privilege and Honor to be enrolled, bearing ties the CULTURAL/SPIRITUAL aspects of not only WHY ICWA was made a LAW in 1978, It was also supposedly WHY the Cherokee Nation took on this case!!!!! PRE-ICWA We were stolen by The US & CANADIAN Governments !!! THEY removed us from much more than just our "Birth Families"..We were stolen from our Homelands, Language, Culture, Ceremonies, Songs, Dances..Everything we were born to BE...The part that makes ICWA SO vital in a protective sense, is the Cultural/Spiritual/Emotional aspects and irreplaceable ties to all of that ..Including Family Formation..ICWA was about Keeping Native Families together on reservations, preserving our ways for always.. Cementing our Spiritual/Cultural/ Human Rights in place! The best way we can now a day...The 40 year (or more) Illegal baby ring was supposed to end with ICWA.. ICWA Education is DEARLY needed, Bi-laws need to be re-written, I'm my humble opinion as an actual Pre-ICWA survivor. I am saddened to think ICWA faces even more of an up hill climb, after this public case all to gain trust again...
P.S. I forgot to add..I
P.S. I forgot to add..I strongly feel,..This should have NEVER been an ICWA fight...Why couldn't Brown just fight for Baby V .Because She was his BIO Daughter? I'd like to know what possessed the Cherokee Nation to step in? Again, I'd like to hear more about Brown's actual tie to his Cherokee Heritage..Makes me worry if ICWA was actually the PAWN? It's important to remember!!! & get to the ROOTS of why ICWA was put into place, in 1978
I'm very disappointed in the
I'm very disappointed in the decision. I'm beyond disgusted with the entrenched campaign demonizing the child's father, and make the couple who tried to adopt her out as victims. I don't doubt they were used but their dramatics in the media don't make them sympathetic.
I would love to see an expose on the adoption agency used.
What if Baby Veronica's father was simply a soldier, and his bloodlines weren't a factor? There would have been a very different media blitz.


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The work of Algren is best understood within the context of naturalism, a literary tradition deriving from realism's truthful representation of life darkened by "Darwinian" notions of survival of the fittest and determinism. Though naturalism began in nineteenth century France with authors such asÉmile Zola, a strong American tradition runs from Stephen Crane through Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, and James T. Farrell to Algren. Their novels tend to foreground the marginal elements in industrial society, where factors of heredity, chance, and social conditions determine an individual's fate regardless of his or her will. Though characters are depicted as insignificant, their plight is often presented in a romanticized and melodramatic manner, as in some of Algren's writing.
During the Great Depression of the 1930's, with the apparent collapse of capitalism and the rise of Fascism, naturalism adapted easily to the left-wing dissent that blossomed at the time. Believing that "the role of the writer is always to stand against the culture he is in . . . with the accused," Algren, like many others, sympathized with the Communist Party. Despising capitalism's hypocritical rejection of addicts and criminals whose condition mirrored capitalism's materialist addiction and vicious competition, Algren put his pen at the service of the underdog, whom he saw as victim and scapegoat. This resulted in an often heavy-handed...
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So as we near the end of the event, I want to share with you guys a little bit about my personal motivations behind MacHeist, and why I and the other members of the team here have been spending the last few months of our lives on this project.
In short, it's about doing what we can to support the community of independent Mac developers and, in turn, the many users of these freeware and shareware products. This community has given me and the others involved a lot over the years. Friends, jobs, and some truly amazing opportunities.
You know, sometimes it's easy to boot up Adium to chat, Transmit to work on a website, or Delicious Library to organize your media collection, pick whichever freeware or shareware app that's just integral to your Mac experience, and not remember the thousands of hours of loving care poured into each of these creations by their developers. And many of them do it for free, or as a side thing in addition to day jobs, because it's honestly a very hard thing to make a living off of shareware development, even with the Mac community's relatively strong support for it.
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And of course, we have one more trick up our sleeve. As you know, we've been preparing a final bundle of some of the best Mac shareware applications out there. It's a large bundle, and a diverse one, with something for everyone. Even if you're a prolific purchaser of Mac applications, you will probably find great value in this package. But over the past few months, as I've been talking the developers into participating, the focus has slowly shifted from pleasing existing shareware users to creating the most appealing "welcome package" to the world of shareware possible. I feel what we've put together will be giving many people the spectacular "first impression" of Mac shareware that the independent development community deserves. Hopefully you guys will spread the word beyond the usual crowd, and we'll get a lot of first time shareware customers leaving with a great taste of what the community has to offer.
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I'm definitely in the group of those that haven't purchased Shareware in the past. I've always gotten by on a Freeware alternative, but I think that's changed. I'm really impressed by the quality of the applications being made, and I see that a couple bucks is a great deal for the amount of work that's gone into these apps.
I'm definitely in the group of those that haven't purchased Shareware in the past. I've always gotten by on a Freeware alternative, but I think that's changed. I'm really impressed by the quality of the applications being made, and I see that a couple bucks is a great deal for the amount of work that's gone into these apps.
thats like the story of my life
i never really cared about software until i switched to the mac
then i found that there was alot of exelent freeware
now after all this i can sit back and see that mac development has no limits and cant wait to see the shareware of the future
thanks for everything Phill
Up until 6 months ago when I bought my first Mac (a MacBook Pro), all I ever knew about computers was the Windows world. I had gotten to the point that I only ever sat down at my computer when I absolutely had to. The unbelievable number of buggy applications, viruses, and spyware was just making me completely hate the whole computing experience. So, needless to say, I have been EXTREMELY pleased since switching to Macs, and a huge part of that has to do with the incredible shareware/freeware community that I have found starting with MacZot, MacUpdate, and then MDA, MacHeist, and MacAppADay. It's unbelievable to me how the shareware apps available to Mac users even beat out 98% of the way overpriced commercial apps available for Windows.
Anyway, I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying the Mac switch and send a big thanks to Phill, the developers, and the Mac community for doing such a great job supporting this great OS.
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As a recent convert to the Mac world (September) I have been amazed at the amount and quality of share/freeware available for OSX. Through MacHeist, and My Dream App for that matter, I have been exposed to a host of apps that I probably would have never found with a typical Google search -- some of which I never would have guessed even existed. It seems as if Phill's two projects have come at a time where the Apple brand is more popular then ever and what a great way to start a new OS experience then to have a host of useful and beautiful apps listed so nicely for you. I can't wait to see what the final Heist has in store nor what is contained in the final bundle. This has been a lot of fun not only pulling the various heists but working with the greater Mac community. Needless to say I don't think I ever found anything quite like this in my two decades as a Windows user. So, I guess what I'm trying to say is thank you Phill, all of the Directorates and to the developers for making all of this possible.
I like to pull heists.
As a fairly long time mac user and an already big shareware fan, thank you! This has been great and really has continued and furthered my interest in mac shareware. It's a great community and often the devs are very easy to approach and helpful with any issues or questions you may have. It's been a great ride so far (both MH and my shareware experience in general) and I greatly look forward to continuing it!
A big big thank you to all involved here. The developers, directorate and the community. It's all been awesome!
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I've had my mac maybe a year. I've lost something like 4 or 5 windows hard drives and got tired of replacing computers anually. Until MacHeist I didn't use my mac for much. Allthough it is CLEARLY better than any windows, I just don't know my way around it as well. (I'm the layman "tech support" to my friends and co-workers - for windows)
I'd say "Mission Accomplished." Since the fun of MacHeist and the curiosity to go "exploring" all the apps we've seen, visited and heard about in the forums I have been asking anyone who will listen: "so, what do you use at home, there's this cool mac thing....." You've got me hooked. And I don't see anyway I'll stop talking about it.
And as the lesser informed users come to me with questions my first response is "well, if you can swing the extra money... GO MAC! You'd have to spend it later anyway" I don't plan to ever go back!
Thanks for all the fun, both with MacHeist and a *window* into everything that is out there!
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Thanks to everyone involved who made MacHeist great. Not only did I enjoy the free software, but I also enjoyed doing the heists themselves, and now I'm most likely going to buy shareware apps more often.
Thanks again to all who were involved! I'm looking forward to Heist 6 and the Bundle!
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MacHeist is sweet. Period.
As a mac user since '87 and an apple user since '83 I really appreciate the fact that their are still people that just enjoy the fun that apple brings to the computing world along with really cool apps. This has been a great experience and a ton of fun. Though I have been extremely busy at work and have not had a lot of time for posting I have enjoyed all of the forums and content from everyone in them. I hope to be involved down the road with continued support of shareware and freeware opportunities. MacHeist was great. Congrats to the team behind this, you pulled off one of the most fun online experiences I've had in a long time.
There is nothing more I can really add to this post except to add my support to all those who have posted here... and said the same things I am thinking and feeling. I also have supported Shareware and have taken advantage of Freeware as needed.
But until MDA, MAAD and Here I usually had to rely on MacAddict for my knowledge of apps or the Apple Download page.
But these concepts have been a wonderful experience. As Awojtowski says above we are a unique bunch in the Macniverse. I really think a lot of PC users are envious.
I know that those Window driven machines are 'faster' have more programs (Store type) and you can get all geeky under the hood with them. I know there is a large market for that type of 'puting. But generally there is no allegiance in their grey world except to MS and their collective God Bill Gates.
But we have Steve Jobs, but more than that.... what other Computer Co. makes the hardware, software and gets with the 3rd party developers and Share/Freeware garage dudes and to work out their apps and hardware to resemble something right of the Apple Labs?!
We are a World, albeit a small one, unto ourselves. And I kinda like it that way.
We need to support these Garage Developers.... We need to support our little corner of the world. Every time I see someone on a Mac at a coffee shop or someplace I always walk up and tell them that they have good taste or something along those lines.
This is one Cult worth belonging too.... because it makes sitting at the computer engaging.
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To all of you at MacHeist and the community you created. Thank you. Ditto what has been said above this post. You all made a stranger feel quite welcomed... thanks and Merry Christmas and a very profitable New Year to all.
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Thanks Phill and the rest of the team, including the Moderators that were added along the way.
I have only had my iMac since April and before that I only used my computer as a "toy". Something to play games on and write the occasional letter. Now, my friends want to know where I am....why haven't I been to the game sites to play....where is all the fun email jokes that I used to send? I tell them all they are missing the fun, the community and the great people willing to help with whatever the issue is at that moment. I tell them that when the time comes, do not stay with their Windows machine. Come over to the Apple side of the world and what a great world that is!
I do think I will need a support group when the heists are over, when MacAppADay is done, when I can't stand getting one more AppZapper at MacZot.....sigh
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Not meaning to get overly touchy, but this has been one of the most fun and engaging experiences I've ever seen on the series of tubes (pardon the millionth reference to our wonderful senator).
I do have one question that I haven't been able to find an answer to, I'm planning on switching to a mac (have been for the last couple of months) and I was wondering of how long the apps that I have on my account will last. Since the apps that I got from MDA are nowhere to be found anymore I was wondering if the accounts for Mac Heist will be closed at the end as well.
Not meaning to get overly touchy, but this has been one of the most fun and engaging experiences I've ever seen on the series of tubes (pardon the millionth reference to our wonderful senator).
I do have one question that I haven't been able to find an answer to, I'm planning on switching to a mac (have been for the last couple of months) and I was wondering of how long the apps that I have on my account will last. Since the apps that I got from MDA are nowhere to be found anymore I was wondering if the accounts for Mac Heist will be closed at the end as well.
Maybe not. We have loot this time.
- people who didn't, as a rule, invest in shareware but now do thanks in part to this initiative.
- people who've lost time allocated to other tasks, fallen behind in deadlines, lost sleep, and are happy about it. =]
- recent switchers (September here, too) thrilled by the "Welcome Wagon." I really feel like I selected the best time to switch.
Most of all, +1 to appreciation of the MH team, +1 to gratitude for undertaking and investing so much time and energy into this delectable morsel of creativity, +1 to appreciation of developers who not only participated, but went above and beyond with free updates (with an especially appreciative nod to developer code poetry, who countered a seemingly illicit request for Notae with a discount coupon), and +1 to the increased enthusiasm to support the microISVs who give us such lubly software.
Finally, thanks also to the MH participants who've made this experience what it's been, and especially to the excellent moderators selected to help maintain a standard of excellence in these forums.
@Zoomrix: I tried PM'ing you this message so I wouldn't derail this thread, but for some reason it won't go through. Apologies to everone else for the interruption.
Hi Zoomrix,
You're not the first to ask how long the vault will remain open for us to be able to download our loot. I'm not sure a definitive response has been provided by the Directorate, but it's assumed to be at least until the end of the sale, at least until the end of MacHeist.
That doesn't sound like it's long enough for you. If it isn't, I'd suggest downloading all the applications to your PC (do not unzip the zipped archives) and burning them to disc. You can use Firefox's "ScreenGrab" extension to take a snapshot of the loot page so that you have all the serial numbers in one place when you need them later. Of course, you can also just write them down.
An advanced welcome to the community. I recently switched myself (September) and it's been an amazing experience so far.
I've had my Mac for only a year and a half, and I have never bought shareware - just gotten by on the free stuff.
Thanks for introducing all this cool stuff, and making me max out my boyfriends paypal account! It definatly been fun.
Thank you
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I will thank all the developers once this is done... just like I will over at MAAD. No sense doing it now... what if the Developer has other treats here or there.
I think that's the best way to thank them plus if I use the app and find it very useful then I will pay when it needs to be upgraded. That might be the best Thank You.
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Phil et al,
I echo the gratitude of the community...and what a community it is....MacHeist reminds me of the Burning Man festival....out of nowhere, in the desert this community is born. The desert, in this case is the Internet, and you have created a community that pulls in members from around the world...some, we watch, rise to the rakes of moderators, some just lurk around - all contribute in one way or another. How you treat this community is what makes it grow beyond the festival.
The job your team has done is incredible. To say thank you is not enough....instead we all should commit to buying and promoting more of these great apps. You will see me doing exactly that!
Thanks to all....Phill and crew..and the entire community....it is a great ride!
I've been showing this thread to a lot of the developers involved, and they've all enjoyed reading your responses. Thanks!
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I've been showing this thread to a lot of the developers involved, and they've all enjoyed reading your responses. Thanks!
I'm glad. You wouldn't believe how much shareware I've been introduced to and purchased over the last five weeks... and there are a few apps that I've got in mind that I will be purchasing should they not make it into the final bundle.
You've done a terriffic thing for the community here, and even inspired some of us, myself included, to learn what it takes and begin development on our own app ideas that have been milling around for awhile.
Kudos, and thank you.
...too close for missiles. I'm switching to guns.
You've done a terriffic thing for the community here, and even inspired some of us, myself included, to learn what it takes and begin development on our own app ideas that have been milling around for awhile.
+1. See you over at the coders' forums (fora?), attabui. =)
wph wrote:I'm definitely in the group of those that haven't purchased Shareware in the past. I've always gotten by on a Freeware alternative, but I think that's changed. I'm really impressed by the quality of the applications being made, and I see that a couple bucks is a great deal for the amount of work that's gone into these apps.
thats like the story of my life
i never really cared about software until i switched to the mac
then i found that there was alot of exelent freeware
now after all this i can sit back and see that mac development has no limits and cant wait to see the shareware of the futurethanks for everything Phill
I was in the same boat as them, as I grew up on a Windows computer, so I rarely ever found new software. I then moved to a Mac this year, May 10th, 1 day after my 14th birthday, and still didn't buy any software. Until MacHeist, I thought that I could get by on freeware apps, and now, I can see the time and work these developers put into these apps, and now I full heartedly chip in a few bucks here and there for them.
Thanks Phill!
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I think that the mac has an amazing developers community, one that can't be found on the windows side of things. I believe that anything that can promote this community is great, and that macheist has done it in an outstanding way.
the apps really rock, the devs really rock, and the macheist team really rocks.
well done.
P.S. i'm going to miss MH...
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We are agents of the free (R.E.M)
Phil et al. : For the hours of hair-pulling frustration, and the feeling of exhilaration once the heist - or mini heist was completed - thank you
The developers - Thanks for supporting the Mac community with all your hard work. The 'shareware' apps you produce are oft far more finished and presentable than commercial applications.
Phil's webhost - thanks for not dying on us as we 'mob' the site to complete our heists.
Was that 5 weeks?
I started life as a windows user, and about 3 months ago switched.
Because of my windowsish, i NEVER trusted any program which was not opensource or big name. Shareware just did not come into it.
Ever since i have had this thing about shareware... but now i have been proved wrong!
we love you phill and crew!
Here comes my fourth season of MacHeist!
I think Mac Heist is certainly having the desired effect. As a direct result I've bought my first Mac Shareware application having previously used a freeware alternative. The interesting thing is that I was so disillusioned with software as a whole before switching to Mac that I refused to pay for anything. Having recently switched, I find myself far more willing to part with money for shareware and low cost applications. I'm excited by software again! Of course thats not solely down to Mac Heist, or even the Mac community that do promote the apps they love, its more down to the sheer quality of the apps that are out there. Compared to Windows, and even *nix, its like chalk and cheese.
As an aside, I have put off buying some apps just in case they appear in the final bundle. And I'll not be happy if the app I did just buy ends up as part of it (previous forum posts and the means by which I acquired it suggest not though).
This is truly incredible opportunity...a big thanks to all involved with this project!
I made the transition from Windoze about a year ago so I didn't even expect there would be a community like this.
This has really made a big difference in the way I look at shareware and the developers.
Thanks Again!
I've never used Windows willingly, but MacHeist has introduced me to a couple of new worlds in the Mac community. Now I have something other than pure fanaticism to present to my benighted Windows friends, family and acquaintances. Thank you all for that and thank you for a great time!!
- a nerd of a different color
So far I already have 2 of the 4 applications in the bundle, and I'm probably purchasing it anyway. I do believe in supporting shareware, donationware, postcardware, and pint-ware (remember Finder Pop?)
I've used Mac shareware/freeware for a while now, and it has been a great experience to interact with many developers, particularly the ones willing to help out starving students
Thanks for the great experience.
I would have liked a more responsive Support Desk, though.
Look Ma, no teeth!
Hey Phill & Company!
Thank you *SO* much for going to the trouble of organizing this whole thing. I'm one of those "new to the Mac Shareware Community" folks you spoke of... heck, I'm relatively new to the whole Mac Community, too.
Not only has MacHeist introduced me to some AMAZING developers, but to some cool sites like MacAppADay.com and MacRumors.com.
Thanks for all your hard work. You're making it harder and harder to switch over to my PC to do things.


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