> I also read the list and am as frustrated as anyone else with
> the lack of support and communication from With
Maybe that's because these criticism (and maybe some emails) are
directed at the wrong people?
Before things start getting negative and moody again, it should be
pointed out again that "With" is not associated with Witango - and
hasn't been for more than a few years.
I don't know all the intimate legalities and history of course, but
from what I remember, when Phil first purchased Tango "With
Imagination" was the name of the company he was operating under. But
that company was eventually split into "service" and "product"
branches and the service part was sold along with the name "With". I
don't remember the date exactly, but I think it was only a year or two
after Phil acquired Witango.
Witango is owned and managed under "Witango Technologies", a separate
company, a different website, a different email domain and even
located in a different city than "With" - and naturally both companies
are run by different people.
Hope that helps.
Scott,
On Aug-4-2008, at 8:58 AM, Wolf, Gene wrote:
I also read the list and am as frustrated as anyone else with the
lack of support and communication from With. This lack of
communication and news on the product is one of the reasons my
company has decided to move away from Witango. It's hard to defend a
product to management types when you don't hear about it, no one
seems to be using it and the only real support you can contact are
the people on this list and a semi-searchable e-mail archive.
Has anyone thought of suggesting to a larger company, like Apple or
Oracle, that they look at Witango as an acquisition? We are moving
to Oracle and in the training I have taken so far their reporting
and programming tools are far from the power Witango provides. Yes,
I know Witango is supposed to be going open source but, to me
anyway, it seems like another dead end. I mean, six months with no
word? Even if things are running into roadblocks, which always seems
to happen, at least there could be monthly communication stating
that fact.
Some of us must have contacts within larger companies that might be
able to get them to at least look at Witango and evaluate it. Some
company other than Pervasive that is. *grins* If Apple or Oracle
picked up Witango I imagine within a relatively short time we'd see
improvements, additional functionality, and communications. It would
also make it much, much easier to sell to customers (I consider my
management a customer) if we could say, "Witango is an Apple (or
place your large company name here) product."
Just a thought.
From: Rick Sanders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Version 6?
I can understand everyone’s frustration in this regard. Although I
don’t post much, I do read emails on the list.
Communication is very important, and because of the lack of
communication unfortunately many people have left the WiTango
technology.
I can only hope that the delay is because of something really good
on the horizon. I don’t know how WiTango sales have been, or how
much interest there is in the community, but I hope it’s enough to
keep WiTango going.
<image001.jpg>
Rick Sanders
Webenergy
Canada: 902-431-7279
USA: 919-799-9076
Canada: www.webenergy.ca
USA: www.webenergyusa.com
From: Dan Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: July-31-08 5:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Version 6?
I have sent three back channel emails maybe more email to customer
support will get a response. But I agree communication keep
declining and I fail to understand why that is. I still love the
product and even if 6 never came out I would continue with 5.5 but
it is a reasonable request from the community that we be kept in the
loop. Last we heard there were just a few legal issues to resolve
with open source license but then nothing. It has been since
2/11/2008 since we had the last official word. 6 months.
Dan
--
Dan Stein
FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
FileMaker 9 Certified Developer
Digital Software Solutions
799 Evergreen Circle
Telford PA 18969
Land: 215-799-0192
Cell: 610-256-2843
Fax 215-799-0192 ( Call 1st)
FMP, WiTango, EDI,SQL 2000, MySQL, CWP
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.dss-db.com
"When you are born, you cry and those who love you rejoice. And
if you
live your life as you should, when you die, you rejoice and those who
love you cry."
From: Jonah Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:02 -0600
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Version 6?
<quote sender="John McGowan">
Sorry, should have put a
<sarcasam> tag around my "one week" email. I was only echoing the
latest information we received... which was months ago.
I like Witango and the company that makes it, but the communication
to the community is poor...
/John
</quote>
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Stefan Gonick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
A while back someone predicted that version 6 was coming out last
week,
though it was obviously not from With. Was that a completely mistaken
notion, or was there something to it? Is version 6 coming out any
time soon?
Stefan
=====================================================
Database WebWorks: Dynamic web sites through database integration
http://www.DatabaseWebWorks.com
________________________________________________________________________
TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
________________________________________________________________________
TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
________________________________________________________________________
TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
________________________________________________________________________
TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
________________________________________________________________________
TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
________________________________________________________________________
TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
