+1 > On Oct 3, 2019, at 12:35 , R.H. via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Some of the rants are leading nowhere. > > I do not think that anybody writing as Richmond did has ever been involved > in keeping up a company with such little assumed revenue to pay from for > salaries. And I would love to see such guys running a company and make > money. They will all fail. But to make money is what a company needs to do. > Any constructive suggestion? > > A free community version does not generate income. And rants about > "community" is unfair and the words used are unpleasant to read for users > on the list. They do not convey understanding but express personal anger. > Who shall deal with that? > > There are many parts and waiting bugs that can be addressed, but LiveCode > is a huge endeavor addressed by limited resources. I ran over 100 > developers for business solutions with my own company and know what I am > talking about. > > Put a million dollars in, outsource bug fixing and testing, anticipate a > business model that works. It is very difficult, even impossible, unless > supported by giants nobody here wants to see on board. > > If you can do better, come up with suggestions that do not put everbody > down. There is also a responsibilty when writing to a public group. If you > want politics, go to politics. There is enough hate I do not want to see it > here. > > I never felt and saw that the LiveCode dev team is not serious and not > trying their very best. Nobody in software development can fully predict > how things will work out. It is an inherent problem due to the complexity > of the subject. > > In my company, when I counted estimated development time, I multiplied it > by the factor 4. But who will pay? Only big companies pay serious money for > bug fixing and for each new release. So, I moved main funding to getting > paid for hours spent then. Not so possible here. > > I also paid to the LC fundraising campagne and was already satisfied with > the support for Unicode. I never expected that everything would be possible > to fully do for such relatively small amount of money. I never had such > attitude. And nobody else could have done it. The team worked dedicated and > hard. But they also have to live. > > Hundreds of millions are lost by companies for that complexity reason in > development. It is easy to break down and very hard to build up. > > And in comparison to all those I know as well trying, LC does a fantastic > job for do many years. Thanks to such wonderful team. > > To be on the edge of everything, pay dozens of millions monthly! Not even > Adobe or Microsoft can do it and fail often enough. > > Be decent! > > Roland > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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