Kevin Miller wrote:
>> Michael Kann wrote:
>>
>>> Richard, if your business analysis is correct why
>>> don't you license the engine from Scott as the
>>> Revolutionaries are doing, toss in your $10k for the
>>> improved GUI, then sell at least a hundred copies of
>>> GaskinCard. You could buy t
On 12/5/01 6:53 pm, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But what we'd *really* like to see is for other ISVs to license the
> engine to build products for markets that MetaCard only tangentially
> competes in now. The one that's currently really crying out for
> something like this is K12 e
On 12/5/01 5:23 am, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Kann wrote:
>
>> Richard, if your business analysis is correct why
>> don't you license the engine from Scott as the
>> Revolutionaries are doing, toss in your $10k for the
>> improved GUI, then sell at least a hundred copie
On 13/5/01 11:39 am, Terry Judd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Basically we lose money on each sale of RR if people buy that instead
>> of MC. On the other hand we come out way ahead if RR appeals to a
>> different market segment than MetaCard. Which I think is the whole
>> idea.
>
> OK, I'm in
Klaus Major wrote:
>> Funny you should mention AOL: I was using AOL the other day, and it occured
>> to me that just about any of us could build the AOL client from scratch in
>> MetaCard for Mac, Win, and UNIX in a fraction of the time it takes AOL to
>> engineer a mere upgrade for a single pla
Hi Richard,
> andu wrote:
>
>> How about an iMac Flower Power running Windows, with a 4 years AOL deal
>> for the internet and financing?
>
> Funny you should mention AOL: I was using AOL the other day, and it occured
> to me that just about any of us could build the AOL client from scratch in
Michael Kann a écrit :
>
> --- Pierre a écrit:
>
> remember what Art Tatum can play for us with
> just one hand to imagine what Scott is building for us
> with two
>
> -- there is an anecdote about Tatum that might apply.
> He's sitting in a bar when the piano player starts
> playing one of Tat
>
>> Well then what's the deal with Revolution? I thought it was a GUI
>> sitting on top of MC (ie, alone Revolution would not function, it
>> requires mc to be present).
>
>It requires the MetaCard *engine*, but not the MetaCard *product*.
>
>> But if they leased it then how can they sell th
Simon Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well then what's the deal with Revolution? I thought it was a GUI
> sitting on top of MC (ie, alone Revolution would not function, it
> requires mc to be present).
It requires the MetaCard *engine*, but not the MetaCard *product*.
> But if they lease
--- Pierre a écrit:
remember what Art Tatum can play for us with
just one hand to imagine what Scott is building for us
with two
-- there is an anecdote about Tatum that might apply.
He's sitting in a bar when the piano player starts
playing one of Tatum's tunes, imitating him. A friend
of Tatum
--- Simon Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well then what's the deal with Revolution? If they
leased [the Metacard engine] then how can they sell
the same functionality for a lower cost?
-- Just curious. What is that lower cost that you
mention?
Thanks, Michael Kann
__
Richard Gaskin a écrit :
>
> I believe that a modest $10k interface overhaul would likely bring in at
> least another hundred sales each year. At $995 a pop, this would have a
> substantial beneficial impact on Scott Raney's lifestyle in his retirement
> years, and very likely make retirement an
Well then what's the deal with Revolution? I thought it was a GUI
sitting on top of MC (ie, alone Revolution would not function, it
requires mc to be present).
But if they leased it then how can they sell the same functionality
for a lower cost? But even at the same price tag, how will this
Actually this is an idea we already proposed to a client of ours for
*internalized* training. Basically you can have an environment
whereby the viewer gets his *AOL* stack which allows him to connect
to the web. This *AOL* stack is nothing except the MC engine. But
on startup it looks to th
Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
> andu wrote:
>
> > How about an iMac Flower Power running Windows, with a 4 years AOL deal
> > for the internet and financing?
>
> Funny you should mention AOL: I was using AOL the other day, and it occured
> to me that just about any of us could build the AOL client f
Michael Kann wrote:
> Richard, if your business analysis is correct why
> don't you license the engine from Scott as the
> Revolutionaries are doing, toss in your $10k for the
> improved GUI, then sell at least a hundred copies of
> GaskinCard. You could buy that second house instead of
> Scott.
andu wrote:
> How about an iMac Flower Power running Windows, with a 4 years AOL deal
> for the internet and financing?
Funny you should mention AOL: I was using AOL the other day, and it occured
to me that just about any of us could build the AOL client from scratch in
MetaCard for Mac, Win, a
Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
> JB wrote:
>
> > At the risk of being considered as rude & abrasive, I'd like to
> > report a small anecdote :
> >
> > The main reason is that the whole environment (and especially
> > the demo) really s*ck !!! (again I apologize for the comments,
> > but they weren'
Richard, if your business analysis is correct why
don't you license the engine from Scott as the
Revolutionaries are doing, toss in your $10k for the
improved GUI, then sell at least a hundred copies of
GaskinCard. You could buy that second house instead of
Scott.
--- Richard's well thought out s
JB wrote:
> At the risk of being considered as rude & abrasive, I'd like to
> report a small anecdote :
>
> The main reason is that the whole environment (and especially
> the demo) really s*ck !!! (again I apologize for the comments,
> but they weren't mine).
I believe that a modest $10k in
>Feel sorry for you to have to spend time with young morons. Chalenge
>them to write a functional application with GUI and all that in
>C,C++,PHP and whatever they heard of, and time them. Then write the
>same thing in MC and compare.
Then challenge them to make this app work on mac, and windows.
jbv wrote:
>
> Sjoerd Op 't Land a écrit:
>
> > jbv wrote/ schreef:
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > Has anyone already tried to read raw data
> > > on the Mac modem / printer port ?
> > >
> > > Does the following script work :
> > >
> > > open modem:
> > > read from modem:
> > > close modem:
> >
>I'm not sure I fully understand the connection between MC and
>Revolution... Is it an attempt to re-furbish the MC environment in
>order to make it more attractive for Hypercard users ?
>I must confess that I don't fully understand the reason of having
>2 separate products with almost the same fo
Sjoerd Op 't Land a écrit:
> jbv wrote/ schreef:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Has anyone already tried to read raw data
> > on the Mac modem / printer port ?
> >
> > Does the following script work :
> >
> > open modem:
> > read from modem:
> > close modem:
> Guess it should be "file modem:" instead
jbv wrote/ schreef:
> Hi folks,
>
> Has anyone already tried to read raw data
> on the Mac modem / printer port ?
>
> Does the following script work :
>
> open modem:
> read from modem:
> close modem:
Guess it should be "file modem:" instead of "modem:", but then, it should
work.
> Thanks.
>
Hi folks,
Has anyone already tried to read raw data
on the Mac modem / printer port ?
Does the following script work :
open modem:
read from modem:
close modem:
Thanks.
JB
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