Re: [tw] Business Thought [was: Important Message from Eric]

2011-11-11 Thread chris . dent
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Miles Fidelman wrote: Seems to me that, for Tiddly to move down that path, some core group needs to provide the focus for a year or two - and Jerymy and Erik seem like the obvious candidates. Yes, this I agree with and am fully behind. -- Chris Dent

Re: [tw] Business Thought [was: Important Message from Eric]

2011-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jeremy Ruston wrote: Great post, thanks Chris. Your perspective on BT and Osmosoft is very valuable. At some point, Tiddly is going to live or die by whether or not the folks most committed to it find a long-term model for supporting the software and themselves. I completely disagree with this

Re: [tw] Business Thought [was: Important Message from Eric]

2011-11-10 Thread chris . dent
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Jeremy Ruston wrote: The core of Mile's observation applies to both of us, though: we're trying to secure a long term model for supporting ourselves while we work on the software. I guess your point is that if either of us failed to establish a viable model, then it shouldn'

Re: [tw] Business Thought [was: Important Message from Eric]

2011-11-10 Thread Jeremy Ruston
Great post, thanks Chris. Your perspective on BT and Osmosoft is very valuable. >> At some point, Tiddly is going to live or die by whether or not the folks >> most committed to it find a long-term model for supporting the software and >> themselves. > > I completely disagree with this, and I thin

Re: [tw] Business Thought [was: Important Message from Eric]

2011-11-10 Thread chris . dent
I've been waiting for an appropriate moment to join this collection of threads, and this paragraph below feels like it provides that moment. Before I get into that, though, I'd first like to say: It's a curious thing that Eric's expression of a need to ensure his livelihood somehow managed to de