Re: The Guru Speaks
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
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numero = 20150
interpreted = N
texte = I would appreciate the CEO of Pacific Coast responding to this:We, who have purchased WebCat got a manual. To be quite candid, as my 8 year old says about nearly everything unpleasant.... it sucks.Sucks except for some basics.We all need examples, snipplets and work arounds to make our projects fly. . I feel it is Pacific Coast's duty to document as much as they can. And now that Pacific Coast has obviously spent the time to make a video.... now we are asked to cough up another $600 to watch what I bet should have been included in the manual.Just an observation.I have used Perl for 3 years now and the are thousands of sniplets out there to use, modify and gain experience from.Perl scripts can be purchased ready to go; and if you take the price of WebCat and now the video, you could buy almost every canned CGI that would do everything WEBCAT programmers are trying to do now (incuding the price of a LINUX box) and save them HUGE time !Instead, of trying to use Perl of course, we have seen the promise and capability of WebCat, only thing is when the manual don't do it, we write to the list or hire someone at $100 bucks an hour to write a sniplet that PERL programmers give away free.Seems to me Pacific Coast should spend the time on examples, code sniplets and canned projects rather than selling us the manual TWICE... once in print and the other on 24 hours of videos.Think of me as a friend with constructive criticism, rather than a flamer.Appeciate it.Mooseman >With all the talk about Webcatalog 3.0, everyone should be informed about >the hot new educational training videos for sale at TSOK Inc. Two separate >training packages, one 8 hours long and one 16 hours long, have been >specifically designed for WebCatalog users. The majority of the material >focuses on new 3.0 enhancements and functionality. The instructor on the >tapes is none other than Webcat Guru Jay Van Vark from Pacific Coast >Software. The resources are available at the following URL, >http://www.tsok.net/tapelist.tpl?_wsConference_Codedatarq=98-soin. Check em >out!
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I would appreciate the CEO of Pacific Coast responding to this:We, who have purchased WebCat got a manual. To be quite candid, as my 8 year old says about nearly everything unpleasant.... it sucks.Sucks except for some basics.We all need examples, snipplets and work arounds to make our projects fly. . I feel it is Pacific Coast's duty to document as much as they can. And now that Pacific Coast has obviously spent the time to make a video.... now we are asked to cough up another $600 to watch what I bet should have been included in the manual.Just an observation.I have used Perl for 3 years now and the are thousands of sniplets out there to use, modify and gain experience from.Perl scripts can be purchased ready to go; and if you take the price of WebCat and now the video, you could buy almost every canned CGI that would do everything WEBCAT programmers are trying to do now (incuding the price of a LINUX box) and save them HUGE time !Instead, of trying to use Perl of course, we have seen the promise and capability of WebCat, only thing is when the manual don't do it, we write to the list or hire someone at $100 bucks an hour to write a sniplet that PERL programmers give away free.Seems to me Pacific Coast should spend the time on examples, code sniplets and canned projects rather than selling us the manual TWICE... once in print and the other on 24 hours of videos.Think of me as a friend with constructive criticism, rather than a flamer.Appeciate it.Mooseman >With all the talk about Webcatalog 3.0, everyone should be informed about >the hot new educational training videos for sale at TSOK Inc. Two separate >training packages, one 8 hours long and one 16 hours long, have been >specifically designed for WebCatalog users. The majority of the material >focuses on new 3.0 enhancements and functionality. The instructor on the >tapes is none other than Webcat Guru Jay Van Vark from Pacific Coast >Software. The resources are available at the following URL, >http://www.tsok.net/tapelist.tpl?_wsConference_Codedatarq=98-soin. Check em >out!
The Mooseman
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