pro and hobbyist --- a distinction without merit

[Richard Gaskin]

John Vokey wrote:
> On 1-Dec-05, at 2:07 PM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:
> 
>> Pondering the many posts in this thread I'm not sure I could  contribute
>> much of value, since Chipp covered many of my own thoughts, esp.  re. the
>> usefulness of a US presence and the need for a completely unambiguous
>> differentiation between the pro and hobbyist products.
> 
> This distinction still irks me.  I have never had the need to compile  
> any of my stacks, hypercard, metacard, or RR.  But as I have written  
> thousands of them, and use them daily in my lab, I would count myself  
> as a ``pro'' user, not a ``hobbyist''.  However, just because a  
> DreamCard-like model fits my needs doesn't mean that I don't need the  
> increasingly-many add-ons that come only with the ``pro'' version.   
> Hence, if a distinction needs to be made, stick to the one RR  sensibly 
> chose: DreamCard for those who don't need to produce stand- alone apps, 
> and RR for those who do.  The engine, add-ons, plug-ins,  cross-platform 
> use, etc. should otherwise be the same for both.  And  no one needs to 
> be disparaged in the process.

My apologies, Dr. Vokey.  I didn't mean to seem disparaging.  You use 
the product in your profession, so whichever you use is by definition a 
"professional use".

It seems many feel that the products could be better differentiated by 
distinguishing them along broader lines than just standalone building.

Since I'm an Enterprise customer and not a Rev stockholder, what they do 
with that end of the product line is not something I spend much time 
thinking about myself.

> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
> See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html>

I always did love that sigline, and enjoy keeping in when quoting you so 
it gets read as often as possible. :)

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