Comments on: Buy software that delivers, not promises http://tewha.net/2007/11/buy-software-that-delivers-not-promises/ Writings and links on iPhone and iPad programming Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/2007/11/buy-software-that-delivers-not-promises/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Steven Fisher Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:31:26 +0000 http://pyile.com/2007/11/buy-software-that-delivers-not-promises/#comment-182 <p>Thanks Ken! It actually sounds pretty reasonable once you factor in the beta testers; this becomes a bonus for them, rather than a "buy it now" annoying sales push. I'll put something in the top of my entry to point people to your comment.</p> Thanks Ken! It actually sounds pretty reasonable once you factor in the beta testers; this becomes a bonus for them, rather than a “buy it now” annoying sales push. I’ll put something in the top of my entry to point people to your comment.

]]> By: Ken Case http://tewha.net/2007/11/buy-software-that-delivers-not-promises/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Ken Case Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:27:57 +0000 http://pyile.com/2007/11/buy-software-that-delivers-not-promises/#comment-181 <p>I'm still leading Omni, and that philosophy came from me. I still firmly believe that if our software doesn't do what you want, we don't want you to purchase it--that's why we made OmniFocus betas publicly available at the same time as we opened it up for pre-orders.</p> <p>You don't have to buy OmniFocus today, but we've had people telling us for months that OmniFocus already does everything they want--except to let them purchase a license, which we're now letting them do.</p> <p>I'm not claiming we consider OmniFocus 1.0 done (if we did, we'd be shipping it today rather than on January 8), but many people (including me) have been living in it for over six months, and it already does what many want. (The features are all in, there are just some rough edges and bugs that we want to fix before we declare it ready to ship.)</p> <p>In summary, yes, please do buy software that delivers, not promises. That's always been part of our philosophy at Omni, and we still stand by it.</p> I’m still leading Omni, and that philosophy came from me. I still firmly believe that if our software doesn’t do what you want, we don’t want you to purchase it–that’s why we made OmniFocus betas publicly available at the same time as we opened it up for pre-orders.

You don’t have to buy OmniFocus today, but we’ve had people telling us for months that OmniFocus already does everything they want–except to let them purchase a license, which we’re now letting them do.

I’m not claiming we consider OmniFocus 1.0 done (if we did, we’d be shipping it today rather than on January 8), but many people (including me) have been living in it for over six months, and it already does what many want. (The features are all in, there are just some rough edges and bugs that we want to fix before we declare it ready to ship.)

In summary, yes, please do buy software that delivers, not promises. That’s always been part of our philosophy at Omni, and we still stand by it.

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