Can of Worms...
As a Mac developer I monitor both the Realbasic and Supercard lists. Whilst I'm active (and hopefully have assisted people) on this list, there are people using RB and SC who are asking questions which could easily be solved using MC. Previously, as a long term SC user, an MC 'mercenary' had a quiet word in my ear, and, poached me from the SC list many, many months ago. Although this person will remain anonymous I remain in their debt. The question is 'Do I maintain my competitive advantage by keeping quiet...' or 'assist by suggestion...' TIA Gary Rathbone Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Can of Worms...
Simple, the more the merrier. Everyone benefits from the Metacard community growing. The more people that use it and the more customers that are aware of it - the more work there is for everyone. From: Gary Rathbone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 22:49:56 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Can of Worms... As a Mac developer I monitor both the Realbasic and Supercard lists. Whilst I'm active (and hopefully have assisted people) on this list, there are people using RB and SC who are asking questions which could easily be solved using MC. Previously, as a long term SC user, an MC 'mercenary' had a quiet word in my ear, and, poached me from the SC list many, many months ago. Although this person will remain anonymous I remain in their debt. The question is 'Do I maintain my competitive advantage by keeping quiet...' or 'assist by suggestion...' TIA Gary Rathbone Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Can of Worms...
As a Mac developer I monitor both the Realbasic and Supercard lists. Whilst I'm active (and hopefully have assisted people) on this list, there are people using RB and SC who are asking questions which could easily be solved using MC. Previously, as a long term SC user, an MC 'mercenary' had a quiet word in my ear, and, poached me from the SC list many, many months ago. Although this person will remain anonymous I remain in their debt. The question is 'Do I maintain my competitive advantage by keeping quiet...' or 'assist by suggestion...' My philosophy on this issue is that a good tool in the hands of a bad mind is worth less then a bad tool in the hands of a good mind. At the same time a larger user base of MetaCard is beneficial to almost everybody involved with the product. The worst thing that can happen to a MC developer is to see possible clients shying away from their product because they never heard of MetaCard. Not to mention my recent experience with a web hosting company trying to use MC for cgi. TIA Gary Rathbone Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. . Regards, Andu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Can of Worms...
on 9/23/00 2:49 PM, Gary Rathbone at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question is 'Do I maintain my competitive advantage by keeping quiet...' or 'assist by suggestion...' To me, there's no question here. You help out if you can. The only question I ask is, "Am I being intrusively promotional of a competing product on this product's list?" And that question tends to cause me to be quiet. If there is an obvious case for MetaCard, then I'll state it. If someone mentions looking for a way to solve a problem, as someone recently did on the 4D (a database product with rapid application development capabilities) list, and doesn't mention MetaCard, then I'll point out that they should consider it. But I don't go much farther than that unless someone asks me directly off the list. gc Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
