> > So basically, the nuts are on the anvil? I hope no-one reads this > > mailing list.
Or just run a search on Google in a few days. Better not put any fudges on your resume that can be contradicted by any post you've *ever* made to a newsgroup, mailing list or website. At least not if you have an uncommon name like mine. Matt Savino Senior Systems Analyst Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials > -----Original Message----- > From: C Brian O'Kelley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 7:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: XMLSpy - FOP > > > Random question, but is there incentive for a company to hire > someone to enhance FOP and release the updates to the public > domain? Are most of the developers employed to do this, or is > this done in their free time? > Brian > > On Wed, 27 February 2002, "Peter B. West" wrote: > > > > > Savino, Matt C wrote: > > > > > I regretted the tone of that last email as soon as > > >I spit it out. I'm just not having a very great day. I > know from watching > > >the fop-dev list for the last year or so that all the > active players on FOP > > >are very concientious, hard-working and know what they're > doing. Maybe you > > >can look at my little outburst as a rare window into the > frustrations that > > >some of the end users are feeling but have the tact to withhold. > > > > > I think your comments will be read in that light. > > > > >... > > > I've sort of become the chief FOP evangelist/programmer. > > > ... People are starting to look at my PDF solution. I'm > just afraid > > >they're going to look behind the curtain and see that I > can't generate five > > >10-page reports at once (or one 100-page report) on one > instance of Weblogic > > >running on $80k worth of hardware--w/o running out of > memory or coming to a > > >standstill. > > > > > So basically, the nuts are on the anvil? I hope no-one reads this > > mailing list. > > > > > > > >I guess even the roughest non-binding ETA on the redesign > might help some of > > >us sleep better at night - 6 mos? > > > > > *** > > > > > 1 year? > > > > > *** My guess. I think the design is getting towards > critical mass. See > > my other post responding to Arved. > > > > > 2 years? more? And just out of > > >curiosity, why are you starving to finish this - love? > future consulting > > >gigs? both? > > > > > Things slowed down a lot after dot.con, and here in > Brisbane they were > > slow to start with. I have a (voluntary) application for > FOP, and I had > > a need to learn Java to spruce up my skill set. Future > consulting? I > > suppose I can dream. > > > > Peter > > >
