Rev Documentation to the rescue

[Mark Talluto]

On Jul 25, 2005, at 7:15 PM, Dennis Brown wrote:

> Chipp,
>
> I hope you are right about that, I want to think the best of the  
> community, and the actions speak louder than the words, but some of  
> the posts took me aback, and made me start to wonder where some  
> were coming from.  I also am sensitive to the fact that changes to  
> the status quo can have a real effect on peoples livelihoods if  
> they don't also change to keep pace --"my altruism usually stops  
> when your fist is occupying the same volume as my nose".  I like to  
> see win-win propositions in all my dealings.
>
> Dennis
>
> On Jul 25, 2005, at 9:57 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
>
>
>> Dennis Brown wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I get the distinct impression that many actually do not want to  
>>> see  the exclusive club of knowledgeable Transcript programmers  
>>> expand to  quickly by having good docs.  It almost appears to be  
>>> a conflict of  interests between professionals who want to keep  
>>> the highly  productive club small because it is their competitive  
>>> advantage and  the non-professionals who want to see the user  
>>> base grow for the  benefit of all.  Also tutorials and other  
>>> tools provided by  professionals seem to be a sort of advertising  
>>> that might be lost if  the docs were first class.
>


Dennis,

I know that I have publicly joked about this with Richard.  My online  
scripting conference stack (scripting 101) also takes a stab at  
that.  I truly want Rev to succeed and become as popular as it can  
be.  I think that humor does not translate well in this form and can  
be misunderstood quite easily.  I apologize if anything I have ever  
said has given you a negative impression regarding this topic.

A financially successful business model requires more than knowing a  
wonderful tool like Rev.  Knowing Rev sure does give one the upper- 
hand though.  Here is to the success of Rev and all of those  
involved.  My glass is in the air.


Mark Talluto
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CANELA Software
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