[oopic] What matters.

Hi All
I think everyone needs to stop and take a breath. I'm on the other side
of the world and I can feel the heat from here. I must say that losing
Dennis is a blow. I'm only a beginner and I'm still learning from his
book. I'd hate to lose the expertise of everyone else that's helped me
too, like Richard, Ian, Andy, Dan and others. So here's what's what. To
the company I say - if humanly possible, don't abanadon the old OOPic
R, C and S customers. In my opinion it's a great product - the best of
it's kind. However the end of life statement was tactless and pre-
mature and I think unnecessary and people took grave offence - don't
kick the chair out just like that. You didn't have to do it that way.
Also, the group can support itself, it just needs a little help. Just
fix the compiler and the event problems - that's all it sounds like to
me. It's what the majority of your customers want. What's the need to
EOL the old firmware anyway? Surely you have to bring people along with
you for the journey? The next product will be better for sure and I
trust people will use it. But if you disenfranchise your existing
customer base you will take years to recover. Fix up the problems. Get
Dennis and Jesica back. Make it work. To everyone else I say - I know
when people have invested a lot in something. It shows. But all this
feels to me like breaking up a really good thing. It sounds to me like
everyone still cares otherwise there'd be no more posts. Give it a
chance. (nievely?) Mike M.

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