Jim
Thanks for sharing; it very much dovetails with what happened between Asap and ASAW. As great as ASAP was for me, as disastrous ASAW proved as the transition simply failed to work successfully for whatever reason. GWMICRO has seemingly successfully made every pc transition as Doug and DAN actually go back, at another firm, to the DOS days. To Aaron, Doug, Dan, Mike and others whose names do not immediately come to mind, that they have been able to keep the needed skills up-to-date their work is truly amazing given the ever evolving landscape. How these guys do it, and keep new product coming out the door boggles my mind now that I think of it. That need to learn, I am certain, may, to some degree, explain why seemingly some simple things take a long time to come about. Add to this that the product goes through extensive testing, and subsequent correcting, explains even more. And, you are right, Jim. Most of us end users could not tollerate a truly buggy end product; so care and prudence (and due dilligence) must go into deciding when something is ready to see the light of day. Believe me, the more I think about it (and consider the whole thing this morning), I am more and more impressed what a small firm such as GWMicro is able to do and for the vast majority of users in most situations, do it exceedingly well. Sure, there are holes that they need to patch down the road (some of which couldn't have been foreseen or uncovered in the developing process), but that's the nature of the world of pcs. I am old enough to remember when there were no pcs, no immediate access to info, no streaming, no email, no games to play, in short, all this would have been science fiction. So even if the product isn't perfect today, and I wish it could do more or do certain things better), I am more than satisfied. Perhaps if my job or schooling were on the line, I would be more demanding and less understanding. However, given all the balls that GWMicro has to balance (and learning all that need to do), they really do a bang up job. And one should not forget that skill mastering is an essential part of that development for, without it, things cannot move forward. And that skill gathering takes time and continued effort which puts even greater pressure both on the individuals involved as well as the company. I am truly amazed in how They can possibly keep up with it all. When you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans . -- Old Yiddish Proverb If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
