Now I do have a product in mind and a ready, if small market. It has to be cross platform to be a success (success = breaking even, not producing uncommitted cash)- a hobby with income. I stumbled across RR and thought I'd found the right tool.
The new pricing doesn't bother me at all - I was ready to pay the full price for the SBE (which was less than the Studio after the intro offer is finished) -- if it did the job I needed.
What has stopped me dead in my tracks is that I can't seem to learn the program. As a newcomer, I can tell you that the online help system stinks - not enough examples, not enough detail in the vocabulary/syntax areas, and a vaporware manual. Try finding how to use the debug feature of the program. This may sound silly to you experienced folks, but I'm an intelligent and capable learner, really working to learn the product, and it's a quagmire.
The free version let me play forever to try to get a handle on how things works; because I know so little, I was not clever enough to make things work within the 10 line limit, so was considering the SBE -- JUST TO LEARN ON.
I been reading this list (the most active I've ever seen) religiously, and can honestly say I have not found one single thing that has been at the level I need. This is a wonderful, supportive club of talented folks all at the same, more advanced level, and I can see that it's of real use to all of you. It's not to me at all. It's ok to be a printed manual person, and I'm one, although the idea of a 3000 page manual sounds ridiculous ( and I'd be happy to grade all the database access for just one of the manual sections). Put the manual online as a pdf
So RR has now (for a short time) a reasonable entry price tag ($199 for what I need); it's cross platform (although the list points out numerous problems). But I think the learning curve is just too much and no manual and no tech support and no list that doesn't intimidate me. I'd love for RR to be a success, but if they're after people like me, they're doing something wrong.
Peace,
John
Technology Integration Mentor OTEN PT3 Grant
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