Re: Metacard replacing Toolbook and Director
>Hi! > >It is no enough to just ask how to make as much money with MetaCard as >possible. As MetaCard is a very small company, the personality of a >single person is prevailing and AFAIK Scott Raney is a technology geek; >he is into making a great product, not great marketing, which I think is >a marvelous advantage to us all! It would be beneficient if MetaCard was >well known and generally accepted as a tool with a large user base, but >I personally prefer a tool that is technically on the right path over a >tool that sports a fancy feature list and none of them work good enough >to use without workarounds. Scott is very much aware of the money he >could make by reducing prices and boosting marketing, but he also >definetely knows the risks involved. This is a point of view I share. > >Regards > RĂ¼diger > >-- > GINIT Technology GmbH[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ruediger zu Dohna >phone:+49-721-96681-0 > Technologieparkfax:+49-721-96681-11 > Emmy-Noether-Str. 9 > D-76131 Karlsruhe www.ginit-technology.de > >Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ >Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm >Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. > > Regards, Andu Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: Metacard replacing Toolbook and Director
Hi! It is no enough to just ask how to make as much money with MetaCard as possible. As MetaCard is a very small company, the personality of a single person is prevailing and AFAIK Scott Raney is a technology geek; he is into making a great product, not great marketing, which I think is a marvelous advantage to us all! It would be beneficient if MetaCard was well known and generally accepted as a tool with a large user base, but I personally prefer a tool that is technically on the right path over a tool that sports a fancy feature list and none of them work good enough to use without workarounds. Scott is very much aware of the money he could make by reducing prices and boosting marketing, but he also definetely knows the risks involved. Regards RĂ¼diger -- GINIT Technology GmbH[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ruediger zu Dohna phone:+49-721-96681-0 Technologieparkfax:+49-721-96681-11 Emmy-Noether-Str. 9 D-76131 Karlsruhe www.ginit-technology.de Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: Metacard replacing Toolbook and Director
on 5/27/2000 7:11 PM, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes! > > As I understand it, those people will need help. Asymetrix seems to be at > least putting ToolBook on the back shelf: it's been two years and all > they've come up with is a minor upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1. > > MetaCard is the closest thing they've got. Oh, and what a discovery it > would be for them: > > - Great interpreter > - All three operating systems families > - Radically lower prices > > Two ToolBook programmers and three production staff cost a ToolBook shop: > TB Instructor: $2495 x 2 = $4,990 > TB Librarian:$995 x 3 = $2,985 > __ > Total Authoring Hit $7,975 > > Compare with a similarly-staffed MetaCard shop: > MetaCard License: $995 x 2 = $1,990 > MC Starter Kit: $0 x 2 = $0 > __ > Total Authoring Hit $1,990 > > > "Save more than 75% -- go MetaCard!" > > :) > AMEN, preach it! But there are some other issues. ToolBook is slow and clumsy. Every image imported is stored as a bitmap in a resources file, immensely inflating stack size. Its widgets are hard to manage. While ToolBook does have the advantage of being able to create HTML from its pages, the processes are still rather clumsy, and the output could be a lot better! I'm sure that this export process will make it into one of the future versions of MC. > > The version issue raises a question: Mr. Raney, I know we all deplore > companies who jump major version numbers for mere bug fixes (we needn't > mention names of course), but tell us: Why are you so conservative with > MetaCard's version numbers? > > 2.3 could well have been called at least 2.5. With it's QT support, new > tokens, and much better Mac support, it's anything but a _minor_ upgrade. > > We appreciate the modesty, but from a marketing perspective have you > considered the perceptual value of upping your version numbers to better > communicate the strength of what you're delivering? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web Richard says it well. Scott, you have been giving us a great product. And while others have said something about you retiring early, I sincerely hope you make a ton of money, but stick with MC for a long time. With such support as you have given your product, you are a very rare person in the application world today. Raymond Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: Metacard replacing Toolbook and Director
Yes! As I understand it, those people will need help. Asymetrix seems to be at least putting ToolBook on the back shelf: it's been two years and all they've come up with is a minor upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1. MetaCard is the closest thing they've got. Oh, and what a discovery it would be for them: - Great interpreter - All three operating systems families - Radically lower prices Two ToolBook programmers and three production staff cost a ToolBook shop: TB Instructor: $2495 x 2 = $4,990 TB Librarian:$995 x 3 = $2,985 __ Total Authoring Hit $7,975 Compare with a similarly-staffed MetaCard shop: MetaCard License: $995 x 2 = $1,990 MC Starter Kit: $0 x 2 = $0 __ Total Authoring Hit $1,990 "Save more than 75% -- go MetaCard!" :) The version issue raises a question: Mr. Raney, I know we all deplore companies who jump major version numbers for mere bug fixes (we needn't mention names of course), but tell us: Why are you so conservative with MetaCard's version numbers? 2.3 could well have been called at least 2.5. With it's QT support, new tokens, and much better Mac support, it's anything but a _minor_ upgrade. We appreciate the modesty, but from a marketing perspective have you considered the perceptual value of upping your version numbers to better communicate the strength of what you're delivering? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 ICQ#60248349Fax: 323-225-0716 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.