I had forgotten that the 'Konfabulator' thread was about anything other than the previously-solved clock problem, so I only was alerted to Heather's post in Marielle's reply.
My post wasn't directed at anyone in particular. I appreciate much of what Heather has said. I was an early critic of the lack of educational pricing, and, cis-bam-boom, the company incorporated generous educational pricing. I'm not saying it was because of me; I'm only pointing out that I recognize that the company has been responsive. My only point about wooing the edu crowd is that this IS or has been a stated goal of the company. As such, it strikes me as premature to go public with an edu list if it's going to be nothing than a small mirror of the use list. Ditto with respect to the DC line and its UI. I like that DC exists (especially price-wise). Will Marielle and I and Devin and all the other educators patiently wait until stuff happens? Sure. But that's singing to the Christmas choir. Will new would-be adopters wait with similar understanding patience? That's my concern. Time for some well-spiked eggnog, methinks. Judy Heather (in a low-flying post that eluded my radar) said: Dear Judy, Marielle, Xavier and others, Mountains move slowly. Especially when we only have a limited number of people available to lift them. I wish we had more Kevin's, but we only have the one, which we use as efficiently as we possibly can. I frequently read on this list and others "he should do this, he should do that, he should post more, he should create a reporting tool, create a browser, write new docs, woo the educators, he is ignoring our interests..." If you look back over Revolution's history, I think you will find that over time many many user requests have become incorporated in the program and the company - or third parties have stepped up and provided them. Over Time. We cannot, much though we would like to, do everything for everybody, all at once. We must be doing something right however, since we are in fact still here, and orders of magnitude bigger than we were even a year ago, let alone ten years ago (yes folks, its ten years since this company got started, if you don't believe me check out our Ten Thumbs Birthday celebrations: http://www.tenthumbstypingtutor.com). We try to focus on providing the things that most people will get most use out of, most of the time. Many of your suggestions fall into that category, and over time will and do appear. So be of good cheer! You all are doing your bit, rest assured that we are doing ours, even if you don't always see it. Viva la Revolution! and Merry Christmas too. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution