Re: [WebDNA] Re: New Ownership for WebDNA!

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2008


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Yes, we should recover this as well but we are not sure we will make the entire archive available again; we will prefer to select helpful emails and publish them on the new site. - chris President ============================ WebDNA Software Corporation 16192 Coastal Highway Lewes, DE 19958 On Jun 27, 2008, at 8:19, Charles Kline wrote: > Curious if the Talk-List archives was part of the deal? > -- > Charles Kline > ckline@rightcode.net > http://www.rightcode.net > > > > > On Jun 27, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Christophe Billiottet wrote: > >> I will reply to this one at talk@webdna.us >> >> talk-join@webdna.us allows to join the list. >> talk-leave@webdna.us allows to leave the list >> >> >> Bear in mind this talk-list from SMSI will be brought down anytime >> from now. >> >> - chris >> >> >> On Jun 27, 2008, at 0:42, Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr. wrote: >> >>>> a check with many zeros :-) >>> >>> Nobody ever wants my checks when I fill them out with a lot of >>> zeros... I must be doing something wrong... :-/ >>> >>> I guess I just figured that SMSI wouldn't give it up at a >>> reasonable price (you guys did pay a reasonable price, didn't >>> you?) I figured they were more interested in owning the >>> intellectual property, than actually doing anything with what they >>> considered a dead product. My though was that since they weren't >>> going to be able to get out of it what they spent to buy it, that >>> they would rather write it off and kill it than sell it at (what >>> they considered) a loss. Since so many have abandoned the >>> platform, its overall value has diminished, but I figured SMSI >>> would be too stubborn to admit that they had screwed up. >>> >>> I made a prediction on this very list when SMSI first bought >>> WebDNA. At the time, people were complaining that SMSI was, in >>> essence, competing with us developers over customers, by offering >>> WebDNA hosting and development direct to website customers. My >>> prediction was that since SMSI was using the product for their own >>> customers, that they would care about the future of the product, >>> and continuously update it (http://search.smithmicro.com/TalkListArchive/DetailResults.tpl?command=search&db=webdna-talk.db&eqIDdata=14256&max=1 >>> ). I was dead wrong. SMSI did give us one (or was it two) major >>> new versions of WebDNA, but, in hindsight, they were the worst >>> thing that ever happened to this platform. I'm glad it's now in >>> the hands of people who care (passionately) about the product. >>> >>> Thanks for seeing this through. >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
Yes, we should recover this as well but we are not sure we will make the entire archive available again; we will prefer to select helpful emails and publish them on the new site. - chris President ============================ WebDNA Software Corporation 16192 Coastal Highway Lewes, DE 19958 On Jun 27, 2008, at 8:19, Charles Kline wrote: > Curious if the Talk-List archives was part of the deal? > -- > Charles Kline > ckline@rightcode.net > http://www.rightcode.net > > > > > On Jun 27, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Christophe Billiottet wrote: > >> I will reply to this one at talk@webdna.us >> >> talk-join@webdna.us allows to join the list. >> talk-leave@webdna.us allows to leave the list >> >> >> Bear in mind this talk-list from SMSI will be brought down anytime >> from now. >> >> - chris >> >> >> On Jun 27, 2008, at 0:42, Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr. wrote: >> >>>> a check with many zeros :-) >>> >>> Nobody ever wants my checks when I fill them out with a lot of >>> zeros... I must be doing something wrong... :-/ >>> >>> I guess I just figured that SMSI wouldn't give it up at a >>> reasonable price (you guys did pay a reasonable price, didn't >>> you?) I figured they were more interested in owning the >>> intellectual property, than actually doing anything with what they >>> considered a dead product. My though was that since they weren't >>> going to be able to get out of it what they spent to buy it, that >>> they would rather write it off and kill it than sell it at (what >>> they considered) a loss. Since so many have abandoned the >>> platform, its overall value has diminished, but I figured SMSI >>> would be too stubborn to admit that they had screwed up. >>> >>> I made a prediction on this very list when SMSI first bought >>> WebDNA. At the time, people were complaining that SMSI was, in >>> essence, competing with us developers over customers, by offering >>> WebDNA hosting and development direct to website customers. My >>> prediction was that since SMSI was using the product for their own >>> customers, that they would care about the future of the product, >>> and continuously update it (http://search.smithmicro.com/TalkListArchive/DetailResults.tpl?command=search&db=webdna-talk.db&eqIDdata=14256&max=1 >>> ). I was dead wrong. SMSI did give us one (or was it two) major >>> new versions of WebDNA, but, in hindsight, they were the worst >>> thing that ever happened to this platform. I'm glad it's now in >>> the hands of people who care (passionately) about the product. >>> >>> Thanks for seeing this through. >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > Christophe Billiottet

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