Comments on: Amen to that, brother

By: Taka

Taka — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:28:49 +0000

@kevotheclone
>>> I can unequivocally state that it beats the big corp. multi-layer approach hands down.

Thanks, although unfortunately it usually doesn’t scale. On the other hand, you need to give the people in all those middle layers something to do

Having said that, personal service does sometimes happen, even at the mega-corporations. You may have missed this kerfuffle since I think you started using Awasu after it happened.

>>> I think you’ve done a great job with FD

Me too, but as someone I once knew kept reminding me, we’re targeting very different audiences. FD is more for the casual home user, Awasu is much more about hard-core information processing.

By: Taka

Taka — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:23:16 +0000

@nick
>>> although after the first one, I may turn into the evil twin

If you’ve grown up drinking that appalling swill you Yanks call beer, then yes, an Aussie brew may well make you go a bit funny. For example, an excellent local brew is Cooper’s, with an alcohol content of 7.5%.

When I first went to the US, I was horrified to see students getting smashed on watery Buds and Coors. I was so happy when I finally found a decent beer, Samuel Adams, that I visited the guy’s grave in Boston to pay my respects

By: kevotheclone

kevotheclone — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:27:51 +0000

Having had a taste of the personal support of the actual software developer (Taka and Awasu) I can unequivocally state that it beats the big corp. multi-layer approach hands down. Thanks for your prompt responses and your immediate and in-depth knowledge of Awasu. Thanks for helping me with my “weird-ass” ideas (I’ll detail another one soon on the thread about Global Channel Hooks).

Nick if you’re still listening… just wanted to say that I think you’ve done a great job with FD. Every time I evaluated FD it worked flawlessly, but ultimately Awasu gave me some easy extensibility features that I just couldn’t find anywhere else.

If either of you guys are in No. California, the beers are on me.

By: Nick Bradbury

Nick Bradbury — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:45:35 +0000

Definitely agree with you about using your own software, since you’ll build a *much* better application if you make using it yourself a priority. That’s a big reason I chose to write the software I did – I wanted to write software that I needed, that I’d use every day. Otherwise I’d never see my software the way an end user would.

PS: If I ever get to Oz, I’ll definitely take you up on your beer offer (although after the first one, I may turn into the evil twin ).