No Longer Waiting For Version 2

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:31 am

monkey man wrote:Who set the entry-date to this competition?
It's not MOTU's fault K became 2 when it did.
MOTU will take its starting position when it's good and ready.

Go Machy! K2 Killer! Go Machy! K2 Killer! Go Machy! K2 Killer! Go Machy!

Go Machy, indeed! We're all hoping and cheering.

But the gap between M5v1 and K2 isn't a small one, one which users have had to weigh very carefully. We're now 19 months post-facto with M5v2 announcements, and that's a long time to leave consumers hanging without even a verbal update. It demands more patience and it does challenge dedication. No doubt, some of the M5 faithful have defected, at least temporarily. It's those users who have ongoing deadlines to meet who are finding K2's updated features more productive and in turn they find themselves more lucrative in the process.

The movement with K2 is hard to ignore, is all. It only draws more attention to what appears to be relative stagnance with M5 development. I'm sure that's not entirely the case-- it's just that we don't know-- and we keeping hoping-- and keep cheering:

Go Machy, Machy!

And why do we keep cheering? Because given the choice of waiting for the M5 update or getting into K2 (or K3) is again the choice of meeting production deadlines, staying compatible with coworkers-- even if it does mean starting from scratch with getting huge sample libraries formatted and stored for easy use.

But when M5v2 does arrive, it will have to meet or beat K2 in features and function. Anything less would would be a let down.

C'mon Machy, Machy! C'mon... pleeeez?

RCory · Post by **RCory** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:48 am

monkey man wrote: 90%+ for August.
95%+ for September...

With numbers that add up like these, you should work for the government! This could mean that there's a 185% chance of M5v2 appearance in the next 2 months!

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:18 pm

RCory wrote:
monkey man wrote: 90%+ for August.
95%+ for September...
With numbers that add up like these, you should work for the government! This could mean that there's a 185% chance of M5v2 appearance in the next 2 months!:D

You're a genius, and you're right!

185%? Now I'm excited...
I'm crankin' up the chantin' from 8 to 16 hours a day...

Go Machy! K2 Killer! Go Machy! K2 Killer! Go Machy! K2 Killer!

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:23 pm

The level-headed Hobbit wrote:It demands more patience and it does challenge dedication.

One for the MOTU die-hards.
So call me Bruce!

The Shire's financial editor wrote:It's those users who have ongoing deadlines to meet who are finding K2's updated features more productive and in turn they find themselves more lucrative in the process.

Of course, you're right. I feel for those guys.
I've been "lucky" in that I've been hangin' out for a sampler since the EIV in '96(?), so an extra few months or even years(!) is "painfully tollerable".
I realised early on that I'd picked two of the most secretive but professional companies in Apple and MOTU.
That's just the way they roll, and I must admit I've always got a "perverted" sort of thrill from watching MOTU and Apple pull one rabbit after another out of their proverbial hats!

Perfect for the pro who has no deadlines!(?)

chrispick · Post by **chrispick** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:13 pm

monkey man wrote:True, but you're still comparing a v1 with a v2 app.

Yes. Exactly. And therein you underline my point.

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:31 pm

chrispick wrote:Well, yeah. You can only compare what's available. If you're a workin' man, that's all that counts. I mean, should we be comparing M5 v.2 against K3? Who knows what the future holds?

chrispick wrote:
monkey man wrote:True, but you're still comparing a v1 with a v2 app.
Yes. Exactly. And therein you underline my point.

Good call. Pros have deadlines.
Consider your point underlined, chrispick.

poldo · Post by **poldo** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:18 am

I'm soooo tired of waiting.... why don't they just give a sign, at least to show they care about us, even if they are not ready.
Poldo

poldo · Post by **poldo** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:21 am

I posted that because I saw this http://www.synful.com/News.htm and it made me think about this problem...

3over3 · Post by **3over3** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:52 am

poldo wrote:I posted that because I saw this http://www.synful.com/News.htm and it made me think about this problem...

"Never explain, never apologise"... "treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen"...

The problem is, nobody can tell the difference between the above philosophy and nobody being in the office. Me, I'd vote for the latter.

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:57 am

3over3 wrote:The problem is, nobody can tell the difference between the above philosophy and nobody being in the office. Me, I'd vote for the latter.

Agreed.
Somewhere on this planet people are writing and debugging MOTU software.
My faith that this is the case is s-t-r-o-n-g.
No one's ever seen or heard from them, but we know they exist.
Just like any religion, really, except that they all get to hear from their God(s), and we don't!

3over3 · Post by **3over3** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:06 am

OK, this is all getting tooooo spiritual. I mean, we're complaining that the second coming's overdue...

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:01 am

3over3 wrote:OK, this is all getting tooooo spiritual. I mean, we're complaining that the second coming's overdue...

Never fear; the God of MOTU shall prevail.
Oh, and He'll return, too!

3over3 · Post by **3over3** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:13 am

Now you've got me thinking... my copy crashed for 3 days once...

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:59 am

3over3 wrote:Now you've got me thinking... my copy crashed for 3 days once...

Yo, that's funny 3over3.

Did you need to see it crash again so you could believe it was alive?

Blessed are those who have seen and believed.
Truly blessed are those who have not seen, yet (still) believe...
In the Gods of MOTU.

Or something like that.