Brian:
I know nothing about this situation, other than what I read in the past
day or two, but it seems to me that, tone aside, some of what Paul is
saying IS professional. He explained to Jan specifically what his
customers needed, and hoped that Jan had listened. As to "trite remarks
about ... missed deadlines", I'm not so sure that such remarks, if
they're true, are trite. Explaining to the rest of us that a particular
developer may not meet announced deadlines, while depressing, is
actually useful to "professional" programmers who need to plan their
schedules carefully.
I know nothing about Jan or the product, but sometimes the knee jerk
reaction on this list is "if you don't have something nice to say, don't
say anything". I'm not sure that is really in anyone's best interest.
That said, I too hope that this product does well.
Jon
Brian Yennie wrote:
Paul,
Saying you don't mean to be disrespectful doesn't make it so. Flaming
Jan repeatedly on-list immediately after a product release is quite
disrespectful.
Here's a suggestion. Make a feature request. Buy a copy of Quartam to
support development. See if lots of other Rev users also want the
feature. Watch it get implemented.
Please be finished with the trite remarks about frosting on cakes,
missed deadlines and your individual needs, and try a professional
approach. Otherwise you are more than likely just going to be tuned out.
- Brian
Jan,
I don't mean to be disrespectful but you have delivered the
frosting
without the cake.
Quartam Reports does a lot of things we don't need:
- data fields using everyday Transcript expressions
- data groups with separate header and footer
- flexible formatting options
- aggregate functions without a line of code
- support for printing conditions, color and inks
- simplified printing commands for stacks, database
cursors and automated queries
- an advanced callback architecture that lets you
combine data from multiple sources
and does not deliver what we do need:
- the ability to take information stored in a Revolution stack and
print it
in standard business format.
Did anyone actually ask for the Quartam feature set? Did anyone
beta
test QR?
You always tend to dismiss 9 to 5 Reports, but the fact is "they
got it
right". Reports with HyperCard is a powerful business tool. That's
why I
invested the time in showing it to you, explaining what it meant to
my business
users, urging you to incorporate its basic functionality. We have all
waited a
long time for a Revolution solution. Based on missed deadlines to
date, I am
not optimistic about QR v 1.1 shipping in any sort of timely manner ;-)
I am extremely disappointed.
Paul Looney
PS Are you saying definitively that v 1.1, if it ever ships, WILL
support
scrolling fields - and be a free upgrade?
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