Yes, I think most of us old timers are like that. I think the idea was that new users coming from other languages would get involved though.
On August 16, 2015 10:30:25 PM CDT, Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> wrote: >I am surprised that anyone would expect a lot of coding help to rise >out of >the LC community. Sure there are a few who have experience in the >lower >level languages, but my sole reason in choosing LC was for the >English-like >syntax. I don't know, nor do I want to learn C or Objective C or >anything >else. I started with HC, and it ends with LC for me. >On Aug 16, 2015 5:34 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >wrote: > >> You're right. It was also it increase the user base, which it did >> considerably, so that LC would become better known and accepted >generally. >> As you say, the move to open source was also meant to allow others to >> contribute to the engine so that fixes and new features would be >> incorporated more quickly. Unfortunately that hasn't been the case; >except >> for a few skilled people (actually I can only think of two offhand) >the >> community has not done much there. >> >> I've contributed a tiny little bit to fix an IDE bug but that's about >as >> far as my own skills go. >> >> >> On 8/16/2015 3:07 PM, Roger Eller wrote: >> >>> In my opinion, it was to give it a chance to grow, by incorporating >other >>> open tech, and also to just KEEP UP with the ever changing tech >world >>> without consuming the inadequate resources of the mother ship. >>> On Aug 16, 2015 2:46 AM, "Terence Heaford" <t.heaf...@icloud.com> >wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 16 Aug 2015, at 07:42, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> >wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I thought THE objective of the KickStarter Campaign was to make LC >Open >>>>> Source and Free to the Community. Wasn't that achieved? Everything >else >>>>> >>>> was >>>> >>>>> just secondary but in support of that goal. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Can you give us your opinion as to why LC was made Open Source? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Terry >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode