Gingko Desktop

Posted by tightbeam
Mar 28, 2018 at 08:21 PM

I don’t know what you mean by “bitter childhood experiences”, but what you call cynicism, I call realism, which is often in short supply. My intent is not to berate developers, but to slightly tilt this forum away from the “developers ought to be praised always, always!” refrain and more in line with what it means to run a business and satisfy customers. If a developer is giving away his software, it doesn’t really matter; but if he’s charging, then it most certainly does, and I’m glad that a few of the contributors, such as washere, are beginning to be more critical of what (and who) is out there. If feelings are hurt, and the criticism taken personally, then that right there is a good indicator of whether someone has the mindset for success.

MadaboutDana wrote:
Yo Adrian,
> >Don’t worry - as you will already have seen, the world is divided into
>those who by default and as a result, no doubt, of bitter childhood
>experiences, impute the most cynical motives to software developers, and
>those who - like myself - enormously appreciate the difficult battle any
>independent developer faces to get his/her software recognised, used and
>possibly even very slightly profitable.
> >How much more difficult that battle becomes when the software concerned
>is, like Gingko, a genuinely unusual concept that is breaking new ground
>and consequently testing the developer’s conceptual prowess to the
>limit!
> >For example, I have no idea how you’ll handle exports, and dare to
>venture that you’re probably pondering exactly how you’ll do it, too. So
>in short, I salute you, and admire your flexible pricing model, which is
>really quite a neat way of dialoguing with your users. And dialogue is
>the name of the (successful developer’s) game - just look at the respect
>people like Pierre (InfoCube) have built up by their readiness to
>discuss both the strengths and the weaknesses of their software models.
> >In short, bravo! We’re almost all watching Gingko with enormous
>interest. Personally, I love the little keyboard hints that pop up in
>the latest version - what a good idea.
> >Big personal hint: search should definitely be your next priority, even
>above exporting… ;-)
> >Best wishes,
>Bill
> >>know!!
>>Releasing software is damn hard… but writing it in a vacuum is even
>>harder.