[ddots-l] Re: What's Going On With CT?

  • From: "Studio Montebello" <studiomontebello@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:00:57 -0400

Hello Bill.
I assume you're talking about an update to CT 8?
Jean

Visitez mon site / Visit my site at http://www.studiomontebello.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dancing Dots" <billlist1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:26 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: What's Going On With CT?


> Dear All,
> 
> We are on track to announce a release of CakeTalking within a week.  We plan
> to ship that release by end of the month.  I will post details in a few
> days.  Until I do, I won't give any further specifics.
> 
> I am sorry if some of you are feeling neglected because I have not discussed
> details of ongoing development publicly.  Anyone who is in this business
> will tell you that it's not a good policy to discuss features under
> development for a number of reasons.  For one thing, sometimes development
> for a particular feature fails.  It would not be fair or prudent to promise
> something that we ultimately could not deliver.
> 
> As many of you know, Dancing Dots is the exclusive distributor for
> CakeTalking for SONAR, a product developed by David Pinto.  David is an
> independent developer who does not work for Dancing Dots as an employee or
> as a consultant.  When David creates and tests something that I believe is
> ready for sale, I will help him to sell it.  Just like that popular
> commercial over here with the man who tells us that his company "will sell
> no wine before it's time" neither will we release something before it's been
> fully tested and the relevant information can be included in CakeTalking's
> tutorial documents and online help.  That being said, I am seriously
> considering the option of offering prerelease test builds for future
> releases of CakeTalking to customers who understand the potential risks of
> using something that has not been fully tested yet.  
> 
> Even if you don't use CakeTalking, you can probably guess the answer to the
> following question: Is CakeTalking perfect?  Of course not.  Is any piece of
> software?  But, in the end, the question is: does CakeTalking offer
> significant value because of the ease of access it affords blind users and
> because of the usefulness of the hundreds of pages of detailed tutorial
> information and the handy online help it includes.  I'm happy to report that
> our sales numbers indicate that the answer to that question for a sizeable
> number of people is still a resounding "Yes".  Of course, there are
> alternatives which, as Phil pointed out, is a good thing for blind people.
> (Since I know that you can't see me I will tell you that, before writing
> that last sentence, I put on my blind-guy hat).  Actually, I put my
> blind-guy hat right on top of my business-owner hat.  :)  
> 
> Let me assure Blue Wings, Phil Muir, and anyone else who may have any doubts
> that I personally am as committed as ever to developing, adapting, marketing
> and supporting technology to benefit blind musicians.  Are all of our
> customers happy about what we do all of the time?  Or, for those of you who
> run your own business, are all of your customers happy about what you do all
> of the time?  I think you can guess the answer to that one too.  After 17
> years in business, what I can say is that my skin continues to grow even
> thicker.  Still, I know that I am blessed to run a business that helps so
> many people and provides for my family at the same time.  
> 
> OK, as the saying goes, watch this space for more details soon.  And let me
> be the first to wish you a very merry Christmas!
> 
> Regards from Dancing Dots,
> Bill
> 
> 
> Bill McCann 
> Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
> www.DancingDots.com
> Tel: [001] 610-783-6692
> 
> 
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