Mar 18

Tucows has a 2.5 yr submission queue

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Not that their site is even relevant anymore but the Tucows review team is apparently way understaffed – this is just too funny not to post. Below is a note I received a full 2 1/2 years after submitting our very first product to the Tucows download directory. In short, we were rejected because the download file was no longer there. do ya think? ;-)

from	Sean Tierney 
to	developer@tucows.com
date	Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:46 AM
subject	Re: Reject Letter for JumpBox for the vTiger CRM System

well yes that file was submitted 2.5 years ago. it would be surprising
if any vendor's download was in the same place after that long. if we 
resubmit now I can pretty much promise you the file will be in a different
location 2.5 years from now. we'll pass. thanks.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:38 AM,   wrote:
> Dear author,
>
> Thank you for submitting your software for distribution on www.tucows.com.
> Unfortunately, we are unable to accept your program at this time for the
> following reason(s):
>
> 1)  The download file URL was unavailable.
>
> You must provide a direct link to the file you would like us to host.
>
> Please resubmit your program once this issue has been resolved.
> Further information on our policies and review criteria can be
> found in the Author Resource Center.
>
> Thank you for choosing Tucows.
>
> Sincerely,
> The Tucows Review Team

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6 Responses to “Tucows has a 2.5 yr submission queue”

  1. Dan G. Switzer, II says:
    March 18, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    @Sean:

    I remember when Tucows was my one stop shop for software. Back in the early days (mid-90s) that’s about the only site I went to whenever I needed to download some software. Then all the sudden, it seemed to become irrelavent overnight.

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  2. sean says:
    March 18, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    yeah I remember those days too. I suppose when your software listings are over two years old people tend to go elsewhere.

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  3. Zac Spitzer says:
    March 18, 2009 at 11:49 pm

    the irony being that most of us get this info from blogs these days, but you don’t even mention what the software was… let a alone a link!

    i always used to rely on nonags back in the day…

    how the world has changed

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  4. Zac Spitzer says:
    March 18, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    ok, been a long day, i should of read properly instead of scanning!

    time for a beer

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  5. Zac Spitzer says:
    October 1, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    the irony being that most of us get this info from blogs these days, but you don't even mention what the software was… let a alone a link!

    i always used to rely on nonags back in the day…

    how the world has changed

    Reply
  6. den chill says:
    November 21, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    Tucows was a great site. What is funny is i just went to download irfanview and it was one of the mirrors, so i was curious to check it out. It is kind of a sad place now, looks like every other shady software download site. It seems like the whole software download model is changing to now apps built into the OS's, with Mac's apple store, Windows 8 store, and the tablets and phones. Sad to admit although i despise the new model it is far safer to download for 99% of people out there.

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