Well spoken, Scott. It takes a lot of hours and dollars to rebrand a product, and there may be better things Robert can be doing to make the product viable once again.
Bill On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Scott Cadillac <[email protected]> wrote: > At the risk of having history repeat itself, by voting spontaneously on > business decisions that are completely in the hands of Robert Shubert (and > getting everyone into a sour mode in the process). > > How about we not start asking for things that have absolutely no bearing on > whether you'll stay a Tango/Witango programmer or not. I mean after all, if > you're still here after all the sh*t that's gone on (and not gone on), what > makes you folks think that changing the name will make any difference now? > > If Robert felt strongly enough about a name change after such an ambitious > business move, he would have done it by now. I'm sure it's occurred to him. > > Please leave Robert some sense of accomplishment after putting his neck out > on the line, before you start striping away at his ability to control the > product he owns. > > Think about it. He's gone public with the purchase and a new business plan > - changing the name now would kill any and all momentum built thus far. > > Have a nice day now. > > Scott, > > > > > > > On 2010-10-20, at 10:19 AM, Rich wrote: > > I agree, time to leave the bad taste in everyone's mouth Witango. A > relaunch with the Tango is a great idea. > Rich > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Steve Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:35 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Witango-Talk: What's in a name? > > I second the idea of a name change and agree that I'd like to see the > product's name return to Tango. > > Perhaps I'm biased because I was a employee of EveryWare and Pervasive, > (1995-2000 and I go back to version 1.0 of Tango) but I still refer to it > today as Tango whenever it comes up in conversation. Tango rolls off the > tongue, Witango never did. > > And it was never as easy to explain what a .taf or .tcf file was after the > name change. For those that aren't aware of the origins, .taf is Tango > Application File and .tcf is Tango Class File. > > Steve Smith > > Oakbridge Information Solutions > Oakville Office: (416) 628-0793 > Cambridge Office: (519) 489-0142 > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.oakbridge.ca > > Certified DayLite <http://www.oakbridge.ca/daylite.tml> Master Partner > Certified DayLite <http://www.oakbridge.ca/daylite.tml> Trainer > Billings <http://www.billingsapp.com/> Consultant > FileMaker Business Alliance <http://www.filemaker.com/>Member > MoneyWorks <http://www.moneyworks.ca/> Consultant > LightSpeed <http://www.xsilva.com/> Authorized Reseller > > On 2010-10-20, at 5:14 AM, Wayne Irvine wrote: > > A rose would smell as sweet, yadda yadda. > > Just wondering about the name 'Witango'. I knew the product when it was > called Tango, which had a nice ring to it and brought about images of > serious gentlemen and ravishing ladies entwined in something that was midway > between a dance and a domestic. > > I believe the name change was force on 'With Imagination' (there's a clue > to where the WI came from) when they negotiated rights to the product from > Everywhere (IIRC). I wonder if this requirement is still valid? > > I for one would love a return to the old name now that With Imagination > (who proved to be 'without' at least as far as Tango went) are no longer > part of the equation. > > Might also make the logo design a bit simpler. > > Wayne irvine > > ---------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. > > > > ------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. > > ------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. > > > > ------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. > ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body.
