I'm not saying to release it half baked. I'm saying - provide some info to encourage us to wait!
That means releasing INFO. Information like some screenshots, some info like vague idea of how long we'll have to wait. I think I was very clear in my message and did not ask for it to be released now. Please re-read my message. -- Alex Kac, CEO/Developer Innovation in Personal and Business Information Management http://www.pocketinformant.com/ zoomzoom > From: "James MacFarlane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:40:15 -0400 > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Witangov5 ?? Vaporware? > > Alex, > > The survival of WiTango will depend on whether it can compete in today's > market against products like ColdFusion and .Net > > I'd really hate to see them release it half-baked because of market > pressures. > > There are a number of competitive technologies in our midst including the > recent MX-line from Macromedia, which make integration between ColdFusion > and Flash very simple using Web Services. If WiTango fails to address issues > like these advances before the release the product will not be viable, will > not be able to compete in the marketplace and you and I will be forced to > code in something hideously ugly like ASP. > > While I too anticipate this release I'd rather have it when it's ready. I > agree with your position though -- as developers we need to be able to build > viable products and to plan our own technological growth path, which can be > difficult to do when something coming down the pipe *sounds* like it may > solve all your problems but is still off on the foggy distance. > > - James. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex Kac > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:13 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Witangov5 ?? Vaporware? > > > Especially since it did say on the website that all would be told at > MacWorld. Well...its been two weeks. I think we need to know: > > 1) Relative idea of release - within 30, 60, 90, 120, 360 days > 2) Some screenshots showing off new Editor features (this to pacify until > beta is out) > 3) Some of the feature list > > I really do think this is getting long in the tooth. > > -- > Alex Kac, CEO/Developer > > Innovation in Personal and Business Information Management > http://www.pocketinformant.com/ > > zoomzoom > > >> From: Stephen.Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:41:40 -0500 >> To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Witango-Talk: Witangov5 ?? Vaporware? >> >> Lots of teasing. Lots of talk. But MacWorld is now good and over and >> still no announcements. >> >> Phil, please don't leave us hanging any longer as we're about to bail for >> other technology. We just can't wait much longer - Christmas is coming >> FAST! >> >> Stephen, http://onlytoys.com >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body >> > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
