#Guerrilla Vid Mktg
17-May-93 09:18:37
Sb: #30155-#Guerrilla Vid Mktg
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: David Hopkins 72303,436
I've stated my beliefs. I've asked a lot of questions, which you've
consistently dodged. You and/or Gun For Hire certainly thought this video
would be profitable. They didn't invest $25K as a charitable donation. Your
"ends" of educating Toaster users do not justify your "means" of cashing checks
before a product is ready.
As for InterChange, gee, thanks for condemning it based on the beta copy. I'm
so glad I sent it. If you weren't a columnist explicitly or implicitly
promising a mention in VTU, you're right, I wouldn't have sent it. "Open so
many little programs"? Huh? In the release version of ICP, you click on one
icon to start everything. One window opens. You see, that's one of the
improvements we made in the jump from InterChange to InterChange Plus. Even if
you think you have a superior design for our user interface, why would that
prevent you from using ICP or discussing its worth in your column? If ICP does
the best conversions of 3D objects and supports more formats more accurately
than anything out there, why isn't it worth discussing?
As for Unili Graphics: I talked with them a month or so ago. They told me
they'd used InterChange Plus to convert their font objects from one format to
another, but they ran into a bug of some kind. (Is this the product of theirs
that you plug?) I knew they weren't in our registration database. I asked
which version they had and why they hadn't registered, and they said, oh, we
got a beta version of InterChange Plus from a southern California pirate board.
Needless to say, my opinion of them was formed quite quickly.
As for your potential for receiving more free Syndesis software, as long as
you're a VTU columnist, your odds remain as good as they ever were, that is,
you're at the top of the list because of the realities of this market. We sent
a batch (5?) of the release InterChange Plus to the VTU offices, I don't know
why you didn't receive a copy.
I will make my opinions known to the new editor of VTU. I've heard that he
plans to dismiss a number of writers.