Rather attack me than Jack the Sailor, wouldn't you all?

You know, this level of animosity wouldn't exist if Max would merely say "thank you" to those who have sent financial donations (there IS no excuse for not doing so, no matter what his personal circumstances are), or emails or PMs with offers to volunteer to help.

When volunteers and individual contributors are treated with such contempt, and the database is in such a sorry state, just what do people expect?

Sure, the guard dogs are always going to be foaming at the mouth, just like you are now, whenever these criticisms are brought up in the forum. But guess what? These complaints and criticisms aren't going to go away, because Max IS accountable to the community that has supported him financially and with their volunteer efforts.

To suggest that Max doesn't owe anyone any explanations is bullshit. Max owes a LOT of people explanations about how he has squandered this community resource they have done so much to keep in existence. Any person with a shred of decency and integrity knows that, but integrity and decency is something you guard dogs around here don't know much about.