I was shocked to see how few attendees there were at the Tour stop in New Jersey a couple years ago. My impression is that the developer- and user-base is way too small, considering how good 4D is. But considering the endless learning curve, and obsolescence of earlier databases, I shouldn’t be so surprised. The determination of our great leaders to improve the product is both frustrating and inspiring.
Nevertheless, considering the community as a whole — including Wakanda — and the eventuality of two things: the integration of 4D with Wakanda somehow, and the 4D command set becoming its own robust language somehow, it could someday catch fire as a widely appealing platform. That’s my hope. Roger > On Oct 5, 2017, at 15:44, Randy Jaynes via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think we’re all too lazy to get up and move all the way over to the 4D > forums. > > I do go there for research and find the forums much more active, and with far > many more users than we see here. > > And with 4D themselves pushing us in that direction, I see more and more of > us who have been on this list for 20+ years posting less and less here. > > I don’t think it’s a diminished community because the forums certainly seem > to be thriving, and I have to admit the ability to add links and images and > so on makes it easier to illustrate our problems. What I _don’t_ like is that > it’s much more work to get it done. > > I think mailing lists are just a thing of the past and a few of us are > holding on for all we’re worth. > > Randy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Randy Jaynes > Senior Programmer and Customer Support > > http://printpoint.com <http://printpoint.com/> • 845.687.3741 • PrintPoint, > Inc • 57 Ludlow Lane • Palisades, NY 10964 > > > > > >> On Oct 5, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I know that many of you have been on this list for a long time, as have >> I. >> >> I have noticed, over the past couple of years, that the volume of email >> on this list has dropped - a lot -. It used to be, that if I was out of >> the office, or whatever, and unable/unwilling to check email for 1 or >> more days, I could expect to see ~100 emails/day from this list. While >> I have not done an actual count, I believe that currently this list >> sees, on average about 100 emails a week. >> >> While this might be a good thing (less bugs to report/talk about etc), >> I find it troubling in that it likely reflects a significantly >> diminished use of the 4D product. >> >> Thoughts, Anyone? >> Chip > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
