To add to Steve's reply, while your disappointment and motivation are
admirable...

Adobe is headquartered in San Jose. So I guess we better find group
leaders who live in California, eh? Cause I can't even afford to fly out
there for conferences, much less on a hopeful meeting.

If the folks who are fairly well tied into Adobe, especially the
Community Experts, can't get any word already, why would a trip to their
HQ get any better result? A brief meeting with a PR guy who spins again?

The 'plan' is appreciated. If you're willing to participate, why not
just start the plan off yourself? And why post anonymously?
Erik



Beta Test User wrote:
> I must admit I feel bitterly let down by Adobe and in some respects Macromedia
> because back in late 2005, early 2006 I was constantly told through several
> sources (i.e. aware, taac and several forums) that, "just hang in there" as
> there is an authorware update coming out soon.
>
> This gave me confidence that someone out there was actively creating a new
> Authorware release and now we all no thats just not true. By keeping quite and
> not commenting on these articles, rumours etc.. Adobe have basically let people
> believe "what they want to believe" and that is that a new release of
> Authorware is just around the corner.
>
> Well this is just not going to happen. I feel swindled and cheated as I
> recommended Authorware to several people who I know went ahead and purchased
> Authorware licenses back in early 05/06 for a great deal of money on the back
> of it being updated and this has just not happening.
>
> If anything the product looks like its going into a long retirement and Adobe
> are just milking it for evey penny its worth before they say "Sorry, we not
> actually updating it after all..." If I could get my hands on those Adobe
> salesman, directors, ceo's I would give them a piece of my mind.
>
> Surely the Authorware Community should do something about this by starting an
> action group to get things moving. This course of action has worked before on
> other legacy products and so it can work again with Authorware. This community
> could start an action group to actively sort this whole mess out and have the
> goal of putting Authorware back on the map and on track again.
>
> Draft Action Plan:
>
> 1) Get the authorware community to nominate up to 5 people to form the basis
> of this action group. Name to be decided.
>
> 2) Create a website to get the suport and backing from businesses. companies
> and proffessionals alike in moving Authorware onto the next level.
>
> 3) Once the group has been formed arrange a delegation from the committee to
> visit Adobe HQ which I believe is in Seatle to start the process of getting
> Authorware back on track. If Adobe are non committal about Authorware then ask
> them can they move it into the open source arena. Should be interesting to see
> what they say to that.
>
> and so on......
>
> At least if you guys and girls can start to have dialogue with Adobe you can
> hopefully get things moving again because if you don't do something now you
> seriously run the risk of Authorware joining the long list of products which
> have died away and go into the legacy support bracket and we all know where
> that leads.
>
> I for one are quite willing to help get this going. The balls in your court.
>

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Erik Lord
http://www.capemedia.net
Adobe Community Expert - Authorware
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
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