I'd be curious to know how much revenue DP generates compared to their hardware stuff.
The way it feels now, based on MOTU's glacial pace to release updates, is that they spread too thin their DP development team. MOTU: You really need to hire 2 more Mac programmers (fire 2 Windows guys if you can't afford it )
TOTALLY agreed!pencilina wrote: sustained public involvement on MOTU's part with its user base would help everybody involved's future with DP. I'm on boards with tiny developers who are way more engaged and proactive.
We lost our liaison to MOTU after Magic Dave's departure. It kinda feels a little lonely here in that regard, doesn't it?
How awesome would it be if a couple of programmers or managers hung up here with us often? We are a small well-behaved and mostly self-moderated group, so I trust we would be civil, friendly and smart about it... wouldn't we?!?!
Come on, MOTU guys, join us in this party! Come say hi once in a while. Bilateral communication is so important!
I remember that, many years ago, we discussed the idea/possibility of selecting a MOTUNation ambassador to MOTU. This person would have contact with a DP manager or programmer to discuss bugs/suggestions at pre-established intervals, in an informal unofficial manner. This would be our (previously agreed upon among us) top-priority wish-list items and most-urgent bug fixes. MOTU would, of course, have no obligation or expectation to fulfil anything discussed therein, but it would open a very nice comm channel and it would definitely be mutually beneficial... they'd have easy organized access to details and ideas of what their customers really want... Like a think tank served on a silver platter (don't big companies spend millions of dollars annually to get answers to that very question?)
Perhaps it's time to revive that idea?