well part of the reason I brought this into the open is to get help with making this work in body and soul ;)
If I do it alone, I can get a large part done (given time) but without other's input, it wont be as useful for others... at least that's the spirit behind :) cheers Xavier > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Richard Gaskin > Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 9:05 PM > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: Re: Hello science in TAOO [long] > > MisterX wrote: > >> There is a ratio of bugs to understandable usefulness. > >> Raise that quotient for TAOO and its adoption rate will change. > > > > very nicely said! > > implacable logic too > > > > > >> If that level of effort doesn't seem worthwhile to you, > you may have > >> to be content shipping commercialy successfuly software at a rate > >> that leave the rest of us in the dust. > > > > now you got me saying eh? > > Making software is fun, but ultimately the software that pays > the bills for most of us is also useful. > > If I make a tool that benefits my ability to ship apps, as a > famous person once said "it neither picks my pocket nor > breaks my leg" if I'm the only one using it. > > In some ways it may actually benefit me, as I won't have > distracting obligations like technical support and > documentation. That's why most of the tools I write never > get publicly distributed: I prefer to stay focused on > shipping commercial apps, rather than putting in the level of > effort needed to make my tools self-evidently useful to > others. My clients and creditors reinforce that preference. ;) > > After 15 years with TAOO, I would imagine you've shipped a > lot of commercially successful apps with it. > > So if it proves too much effort to share that level of > efficiency with others, it does you no harm to just keep > doing what you're doing. As the apps you're shipping become > more plentiful and more popular, sooner > or later people will come to you asking "How did you do > that?" At that > point you have their attention, and you may not need to do as > much evangelizing, as the output of your tools will speak for > themselves. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Managing Editor, revJournal > _______________________________________________________ > Rev tips, tutorials and more: http://www.revJournal.com > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
