Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive
Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive
- Subject: Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive
- From: Alexander Schrieken <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 07:26:53 +0100
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:08:33 -0700, cheshirekat
<email@hidden> wrote:
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>It looks like you will be needing a new mail-client in the
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>(near) future... I've already made my choice: Mailsmith from
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>Bare Bones Software.
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>The application is *very* scriptable. The program hasn't been
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>around very long and that -- together with the high level of
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>customer support that I have experienced -- promises a lot for
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>the future. In fact, it would surprise me if it isn't the most
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>popular mail-client on the Macintosh in a couple of years time.
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>A fully functional demo is available at: <www.barebones.com> --
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>just thought you should know.
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High level of support means nothing when it comes to software
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these days. I'm sure many people know of several products they
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thought were great and actively supported but are no longer so
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great and supported. The only promises we get is for the
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software we buy at that particular moment. The next moment the
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author could sell out, abandon the product or barely keep it
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alive. Even Apple does this. There aren't any promises of
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anything in the future and most software end user license
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agreements state this.
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...
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I'm distrusting of any company that would even promise
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continued support because they always seem rather quick to
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say whatever it takes to get your momney at the moment, but
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when it's no longer viable for them they are even quicker
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about not thinking about the investment the customers might
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have or any loyalty to their products. I'd be really
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surprised if _all_ the current email clients are still
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"supported" in 2 years.
I think you are right there, and that's exactly why you should
look further than the product your buying and the facade of the
company that's making it. In the end it all comes down to the
people *behind* a product and a company. Sure, there won't be any
guarantees, but this approach does at least minimize the risks.
As you may know the company behind Mailsmith is the same company
that has developed BBEdit (Bare Bones Software). For background
info on it and it's founder you may want to point your browser
towards: <
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/features/bbeditfeat.html>.
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> I realize we're drifting off topic here, so I won't be using
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> the right granted to me under the U.S. constitution (as if
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> that is worth anything these days) to an appeal :->>
Regards,
Alexander Schrieken Amsterdam
email@hidden the Netherlands