Dear Sean, I hope that the dark clouds pass and you can gain clarity on what you can do to fix the situation. Software is hard to get right especially when there are different development teams involved. Maybe its Apple, maybe its Livecode.. maybe its both that could have done something better, sooner.
However, it is best that you empower yourself to ask what you can do to fix the situation ...and maybe something will come to mind. Take a nap, meditate, and clear your mind so that a solution can come to you. All the best Sean On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 12:42 PM, prothero--- via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Sean, > I’ve seen you on this list, and the Director list for years. You have been > someone whose kind responses and help have been very appreciated. Please > know that there are many people who care about you and wish you the best. > Please take a deep breath and don’t do anything that you haven’t had time > to consider carefully. Perspectives often change with time. > > Best wishes and I’m so sorry for your situation, which sucks big time. > > FYI, I had a biopsy in November, which resulted in a 3 mo hospital stay > where I nearly left this life. Shit happens to us and we hope to come out > of it a little bit wiser. For me, I gained a lot of awareness of Friends > who cared for me. I’m still in physical therapy and getting back to bike > riding, outrigger canoe paddling, and my previous life. Consequences of > some of these random events eventually disappear and we hope something is > learned. > > > Best wishes and peace, brother, > Bill > > William Prothero > http://earthlearningsolutions.org > > > On May 2, 2018, at 9:14 AM, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Whatever, Sean. Please don't even consider suicide. > > You can recover from this. > > > > There will be more ( and more forgiving ) clients ahead for you. > > > > Hopefully you own your code and can fix and repurpose it for something > else. > > You have the possibility, with Monte's help in the morning, to get this > > thing working. > > Your clients or client's clients should understand this happening was NOT > > YOUR FAULT and you would gladly fix it. > > If these 'clients' don't understand this - then they don't deserve your > > work in the first place... > > > > personally I've had a few of these disasters myself in 50 years of tech. > > > > > > -- > > Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - > > mixstream.org > > > > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> It's all too too too late. I had no money to get a support contract. > Spent > >> it all getting the project running. It was working up until this > morning so > >> I had no idea that it would be an issue. My client was incredibly p'd. I > >> have no way to redeem myself. I really couldn't care less if you can or > >> cannot fix it now. I am £1000's down and well out of pocket. I will > never > >> get it back. I have/will-have lost everything. I don't think I can come > >> back from this. My life is worth £0, especially to you guys. I'm like > >> abandon-ware. Your failure cost someone their life (not to mention his > wife > >> and two boys who may well miss him but will be better off without him > for > >> making the mistake of using LC and all things LC!). > >> > >> Bye > >> > >> > >> On 2 May 2018 at 16:29, Kevin Miller via use-livecode < > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Sean, > >>> > >>> I¹m very sorry to hear your demo went wrong today. > >>> > >>> If its any consolation I¹ve been there and probably most of us have > been > >>> in that situation at some point in our careers. Even Steve Jobs had the > >>> occasional demo that didn¹t work out! How you recover from that > situation > >>> is probably more important than the fact that it happened. Most > customers > >>> and clients understand that tech demos are fraught with potential > issues > >>> and will accept that if you can keep a level head and talk to them. One > >> of > >>> the techniques I have for doing demos - in common with many in this > >>> industry - is to practice the whole thing 3 times the day before from > >>> beginning to end. As this change occurred 20th April that would have > >> given > >>> us a few hours to respond Š rather than it being ³too late² now. > >>> > >>> Could we have done a better job here? Possibly. We have hundreds and > >>> hundreds of components in LiveCode and we generally try to maintain > >>> compatibility within a couple of weeks of major upgrades and changes. > For > >>> whatever reason this change wasn¹t flagged by the processes we use to > >> stay > >>> on top here - and as a result we can review that process going forward. > >> At > >>> present Monte is asleep - yes even he needs sleep sometimes - and as he > >>> wrote this component we really need him to chime in here and take a > look > >>> at what needs to be updated. > >>> > >>> Generally its faster post to support than this list, though we do > require > >>> a support contract in place to help you. Nonetheless given how > important > >>> this is for you we will look at this issue when Monte gets up. > >>> > >>> Kind regards, > >>> > >>> Kevin > >>> > >>> Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > >>> LiveCode: Develop Yourself > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
