Speaking of thanks, I hereby thank wedrifid for his analysis. In my defense, I knew the downvoted comment was unsatisfactory, and I was in the process of rewriting it from scratch when I noticed I had accidentally posted it. … I have PMed jimrandomh the information he wanted. (800 words of it.) He is sincerely trying to improve the world and is doing so in a responsible non-destructive way, so I want to help him for some value of “want”.
Ok, now I feel bad about having been dickish about it. Sorry for being so impatient! I got your email. I’ve got some followup research to do before I respond to it at length, which might take a few days, but that was valuable. Thank you.
The current status is that I have a reasonably good implementation, and am setting up server-side stuff to market and sell, with a 30-day free trial version. Whether people like it and stick with it will ultimately be revealed by the free-to-paid conversion rate.
Thanks for the kind words. Part of the reason this thread did not go smoothly is that my communication skills and helping skills are not where they probably need to be for me to be effective at consistently helping LWers over the internet. Heck, I still have trouble consistently writing a short email to my ex-girlfriend that does not inadvertently cause her to get upset (and stay upset for more than a day).
Ok, now I feel bad about having been dickish about it. Sorry for being so impatient! I got your email. I’ve got some followup research to do before I respond to it at length, which might take a few days, but that was valuable. Thank you.
The current status is that I have a reasonably good implementation, and am setting up server-side stuff to market and sell, with a 30-day free trial version. Whether people like it and stick with it will ultimately be revealed by the free-to-paid conversion rate.
Thanks for the kind words. Part of the reason this thread did not go smoothly is that my communication skills and helping skills are not where they probably need to be for me to be effective at consistently helping LWers over the internet. Heck, I still have trouble consistently writing a short email to my ex-girlfriend that does not inadvertently cause her to get upset (and stay upset for more than a day).