I too, will be sticking around. I have been running
Tango since 1.x with little or no problems. I have mixed feelings though, since
the last version we purchased was T2k for multiple servers and instances
and the price that was paid for that was enormous. This is one of the reasons
why we have not upgraded. I understand the fact that Phil cannot cut a break on
a product he did not sell, but I am currently running the Witango server on four
machines and to upgrade them all would be a considerable cost. Kind of a not
broke-don't fix-can't afford type thing. I think if the price came down to a
more competative level, sales would go up as word got around. It is the same
deal I have with one of my clients. He is a photographer and wanted to sell
prints on-line. He was asking BIG bucks for each print, even though the cost of
reproducing the prints was relativley low; $500 to over $1000 per print. He got
no sales. I told him that if he wanted to sell more prints, he would have
to lower the price to be more competative as to what is already out there
in the print world. He lowered his price to $50 to $200 and now is selling lots
of these. Not sure if this analogy would apply, I do not know the development
cost or other associated costs with putting something like Witango on the
market. BUT if you sell 100 pieces of something for $5000, your gross would
be $500,000. But if you sold 10,000 pieces of something at $500 your gross would
be $5,000,000. You need to sell to a competative market at a competative price.
At least that is the way I always looked at it.
Not sure if this would or could apply to Witango. I am
sure Phil is a smart man and he already knows this stuff. But I would think that
if Witango is going to take any type of the market that is currently out
there, they must change their strategy. I love the product and most of
the people I know who use it as a development tool, love it also. Just think
folks if there were 10.000 Witango developers out there. I am sure Phil would be
happy and so would we.
Just my 2 cents worth.
From: Stefan Gonick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 9:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Tough question - Elation!
my questions and gave me the reassurance that I needed. Since it was a
private email, I am not at liberty to share its contents other than that I am
now satisfied. Whew! :)
Stefan
At 10:08 AM 12/15/2005, you wrote:
I too will be sticking with Witango. I have been using it since version 1.0 and love the product.
Our structured programming methodology leads to solid, robust applications. A number of our clients have had us rewrite unstable applications, coincidently written by some of the people on this list who complain about stability. The result has invariably been improved performance and stability.
While we may add other tools to our repertoire, Witango will remain the tool of choice.
Dave Shelley
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From: Peter Dobbs [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Tough question - Elation!
I am happy with the product.
Most problems we find have to do with our own poorly written code.
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