Quartam Reports, day late, dime short

[Jon]

Brian:

I know nothing about this situation, other than what I read in the past 
day or two, but it seems to me that, tone aside, some of what Paul is 
saying IS professional.  He explained to Jan specifically what his 
customers needed, and hoped that Jan had listened.  As to "trite remarks 
about ... missed deadlines", I'm not so sure that such remarks, if 
they're true, are trite.  Explaining to the rest of us that a particular 
developer may not meet announced deadlines, while depressing, is 
actually useful to "professional" programmers who need to plan their 
schedules carefully.

I know nothing about Jan or the product, but sometimes the knee jerk 
reaction on this list is "if you don't have something nice to say, don't 
say anything".  I'm not sure that is really in anyone's best interest.

That said, I too hope that this product does well.

Jon


Brian Yennie wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Saying you don't mean to be disrespectful doesn't make it so. Flaming 
> Jan repeatedly on-list immediately after a product release is quite 
> disrespectful.
>
> Here's a suggestion. Make a feature request. Buy a copy of Quartam to 
> support development. See if lots of other Rev users also want the 
> feature. Watch it get implemented.
>
> Please be finished with the trite remarks about frosting on cakes, 
> missed deadlines and your individual needs, and try a professional 
> approach. Otherwise you are more than likely just going to be tuned out.
>
> - Brian
>
>> Jan,
>>      I don't mean to be disrespectful but you have delivered the 
>> frosting
>> without the cake.
>>
>>      Quartam Reports does a lot of things we don't need:
>> - data fields using everyday Transcript expressions
>> - data groups with separate header and footer
>> - flexible formatting options
>> - aggregate functions without a line of code
>> - support for printing conditions, color and inks
>> - simplified printing commands for stacks, database
>> cursors and automated queries
>> - an advanced callback architecture that lets you
>> combine data from multiple sources
>>
>>      and does not deliver what we do need:
>> - the ability to take information stored in a Revolution stack and 
>> print it
>> in standard business format.
>>
>>      Did anyone actually ask for the Quartam feature set? Did anyone 
>> beta
>> test QR?
>>
>>      You always tend to dismiss 9 to 5 Reports, but the fact is "they 
>> got it
>> right".   Reports with HyperCard is a powerful business tool. That's 
>> why I
>> invested the time in showing it to you, explaining what it meant to 
>> my business
>> users, urging you to incorporate its basic functionality. We have all 
>> waited a
>> long time for a Revolution solution. Based on missed deadlines to 
>> date, I am
>> not optimistic about QR v 1.1 shipping in any sort of timely manner ;-)
>>
>>      I am extremely disappointed.
>> Paul Looney
>>
>> PS Are you saying definitively that v 1.1, if it ever ships, WILL 
>> support
>> scrolling fields - and be a free upgrade?
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