Re: Ben Beaumont jumps ship

I think that Oracle Media Objects was based on the Plus code, which also had its own life as a Windows only tool. I programmed a 12 CD-ROM series in OMO, though we didn’t get around doing the last two. You can still buy those CD-ROMs, but I think thy wouldn’t work on a modern OS:

Re: Ben Beaumont jumps ship

Goodness, I am not sure if it is a good idea to remember (sequence may be off.) HyperCard Supercard Director IShell (as well as the Apple technology it was based on, but whose name I forget..) Oracle Media Objects Metropolis (I really like this) Meta card Revolution .long sojourn "silver

Re: Ben Beaumont jumps ship

The most important thing is your message is "I remember teaching myself" . . . LiveCode should be banging on about this endlessly; I am trying to teach myself C# and getting thoroughly bogged down. I am also gently teaching myself HyperNext, and because that is Object-based like Hypercard

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Ditto… I remember teaching myself HyperCard scripting by writing a speaking clock. Wonder what happened to that bit of code? Good that we’re still here though. Graham > On 13 Jun 2017, at 08:03, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode > wrote: > > Sigh, me too I guess.

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Sigh, me too I guess. I now see how long it has been (40 years) thinking back... HyperCard Supercard Plus Oracle Media Objects Toolbook MetaCard Revolution Livecode Jeff > Me too. > > Bob S > > >>> On Jun 9, 2017, at 11:43 , Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode >>>

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Me too. Bob S > On Jun 9, 2017, at 11:43 , Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode > wrote: > >> If we're counting HC, I've been "there" longer than Kevin. :) And so have >> several others on this list. >> > > If that counts, I'm day 1 . . .

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 11:26 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > If we're counting HC, I've been "there" longer than Kevin. :) And so have > several others on this list. > If that counts, I'm day 1 . . . At times, I wonder about what would happened if I

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:13 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Ah, but you've forgotten Elanor who's been there almost as long as > Heather. She's my placeholder. But she didn't jump in about surviving . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702)

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I discovered HC in 1993, and MC and RR/LC simultaneously in 2001; having experienced a traumatic hiatus with Toolbook! Richmond. On 6/9/17 9:26 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: If we're counting HC, I've been "there" longer than Kevin. :) And so have several others on this list. We

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If we're counting HC, I've been "there" longer than Kevin. :) And so have several others on this list. We won't discuss your calculations. My time warp stack makes those moot anyway. On 6/9/17 12:44 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: And, according to my calculations, you, Jacque

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And, according to my calculations, you, Jacque have been "there" far longer than Heather if Hypercard is still a location. Richmond. On 6/9/17 8:13 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On June 9, 2017 11:17:13 AM "Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode" wrote:

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On June 9, 2017 11:17:13 AM "Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode" wrote: On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 6:33 AM, dunbarx via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: And gals. No, so far no gals. Jacque & company aren't keeping up their end :) Ah, but you've

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 6:33 AM, dunbarx via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > And gals. > No, so far no gals. Jacque & company aren't keeping up their end :) -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode

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On 06/09/2017 07:48 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: sooo... yeah. Probably involves imbibing strong drink. ;-) Well. duh... doesn't everything? -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

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sooo... yeah. Probably involves imbibing strong drink. ;-) Bob S > On Jun 9, 2017, at 05:00 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 2017-06-07 20:19, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> I'm going to guess that is a Scottish colloquialism which

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And gals. Craig -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Ben-Beaumont-jumps-ship-tp4715530p4715643.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list

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On 2017-06-07 20:19, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I'm going to guess that is a Scottish colloquialism which involves imbibing strong drink. Hehe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilting_at_windmills Warmest Regards, Mark. -- Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~

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You know, I knew as soon as I'd sent that email I'd used the wrong word there. The use-list guys are going to jump all over this... Nevermind. I confirm I am still alive and so are the other members of the team. No zombies or ghosts here. No N N Heather Laine Customer

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I thought the same thing! Does this mean that 25a Thistle Street Lane South West should be a stop on the Edinburgh Ghost Walk? Or the setting of a new Ian Rankin novel? https://www.ianrankin.net/about/ Martin Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode wrote > OH NO! WHAT DOES "SURVIVING" MEAN???!?!?!?!?!

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No, turnover is not worrisome; in fact the odd spot of fresh blood is often a good thing. I just felt "funny" discovering things like this through other channels. My plans are modest, but focused on LiveCode 100% . . . and am amzed that LiveCode has both survived and got stronger when one

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Thanks Panos for the link. I'll look a bit harder before putting both feet in! - Andy Piddock My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. TinyIDE a Free alternative minimalist IDE Plugin for LiveCode TinyIDE Script editor Themer for LC http://2108.co.uk

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livecode is not going anywhere. not on my watch anyways... my plans for it are huge, and there is no way I am not following through with them. I am immensly grateful for the people devoted to it over at livecode incand if that ever changes and it needs stewardship ...I'll be the first in

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I'm going to guess that is a Scottish colloquialism which involves imbibing strong drink. Bob S > On Jun 7, 2017, at 11:16 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > I think there was a slight case of Richmond indirectly tilting at windmills > (not that

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On 2017-06-07 19:56, AndyP via use-livecode wrote: Where is this blog post?.just gone to the blog page and cannot see any references to staff changes. It was in TWiL - Alex (one of our new employees) wrote his first blog post last week. I did not mean to be alarmist or provocative but when

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Hi Andy, See https://livecode.github.io/this-week-in-livecode/issue/2017/05/24/this-week-in-livecode-83.html Best, Panos -- On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 6:56 PM, AndyP via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Re > "All the staff changes were discussed in the last blog post. It

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Re "All the staff changes were discussed in the last blog post. It isn't a secret. Staff move on and are replaced. " Where is this blog post?.just gone to the blog page and cannot see any references to staff changes. I did not mean to be alarmist or provocative but when two highly regarded team

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All. This just goes to show two things: 1- How connected the community is to LC and to each other. 2- The extent that community worries about its health. After all, LC is a small company, and that engenders a sense that it is fragile. Many remember HC, which was lost in the shuffle of corporate

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On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > OH NO! WHAT DOES "SURVIVING" MEAN???!?!?!?!?! Haven't you ever heard of a "toxic bug"? :) -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___

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OH NO! WHAT DOES "SURVIVING" MEAN???!?!?!?!?! On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Heather Laine via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hm... lol. Well Ben stayed with us for a good 8 years, and moved on to > spread his wings a couple of years ago. As Mark said, he still works

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Hm... lol. Well Ben stayed with us for a good 8 years, and moved on to spread his wings a couple of years ago. As Mark said, he still works for us part time. You might even have met him at LiveCode events since he moved on. Staff changes happen! Not perhaps all that often at LiveCode, people by

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Agreed Jacque. And I found myself asking... myself... what business is it of mine the internal workings of Livecode? Bob S > On Jun 7, 2017, at 09:39 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > All the staff changes were discussed in the last blog post. It

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All the staff changes were discussed in the last blog post. It isn't a secret. Staff move on and are replaced. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On June 7, 2017 11:31:42 AM Mark Waddingham via

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On 2017-06-07 18:00, AndyP via use-livecode wrote: Worrying in view that Dr Peter Brett recently left as well. As I said above: "Ben still works for us part-time - so I'd describe that as a non-'event'." In any case, I'm not sure why it is 'worrying' (especially as we have had two staff

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Worrying in view that Dr Peter Brett recently left as well. His twitter post here> https://twitter.com/PeterTBBrett/status/849958594745438208 - Andy Piddock My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.

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On 2017-06-07 15:21, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: Interestingly enough this event, and others, do not seem to be reflected currently on the LiveCode website. Ben still works for us part-time - so I'd describe that as a non-'event'. In regards to the other 'events' you refer to