20 Dec
2005
20 Dec
'05
6:01 a.m.
On Monday 19 December 2005 23:22, Hans Fugal wrote:
Nor does it _deserve_ anything else, whether good or
evil. It's just
a bunch of bits. Perhaps you'd like to imply that the authors of
noteedit don't deserve to be ignored. This is a much more poignant
point, and it's hard for us developers to accept sometimes, but using
our software is just as voluntary as our creating it.
i don't care about the authors of noteedit, and i don't even (want to
ever) know who they are.
all i care is that NOTEEDIT is ignored. and what makes me angry is that
the reason is... ignorance of what noteedit actually does.
When it comes to software and business, the question
is never what is
wrong with the user/customer, but what is wrong with the
software/product/service.
very much agreed.
Or maybe it's not really ignored at all. I'd
like to see proof that
it is being ignored, whatever that means.
it *is* ignored. but, hey, if i think better, i realise that any music
notation software is ignored (proportionally) just as much. not even
finale is as popular as it "should" be.
If you think the
best hope is to court the previous developers with lavish praise or
whatever it would take to make them feel that spending time on
noteedit is worth their time, then by all means go ahead.
as i said, i have no idea who they were and i don't care about
"creators", but only about their "creation". i hate any type of
personality cult, and this certainly includes britney spears, john paul
ii, linus torvalds, and (please don't kill me!) even g. bush jr... ;)
So I just wanted to reassure you on two points: there
is no
conspiracy to ignore noteedit, and because noteedit is open source it
will continue to be available and perhaps even continue to improve.
well, i surely hope you're right, because i *love* NOTEEDIT :) -- and
thanks.
Let's each do something proactive for our favorite
project(s) and
refrain from blaming others for our (in)actions.
why, i was *surely* not blaming! i was just expressing amazement
combined with frustration. as i am not a coder, i thought talking about
noteedit was the right (proactive) thing i could do.
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