On Dec 22, 2005, at 7:40 PM, Pariahware, Inc. wrote: > On Dec 22, 2005, at 7:21 PM, Steven Rogers wrote: > >> Having been in the software business for about 20 years, I can >> tell you its dead-on advice. If you're reading that and thinking >> "rant" instead of "yeah, that's exactly right", then you can >> probably learn something from it. > > While I may not know everything about marketing, you're making > assumptions about his target audience. Sometimes brand alone is > enough. For example, those who miss the Moire screensaver would > know what it was and take a look. No, it has nothing to do with "marketing". It has to do with software development process. > All I was saying was the first responder's comments could have been > made more gracefully, as could yours. The original poster asked for feedback, and he got some valuable direct comments. If a person can't handle direct feedback, developing good software will be very difficult. SR