1997-2008

Post by **admin** » 01 Jan 2008 13:39

I made an expedition into old dusty code mines, and to my own surprise, the Tracker/TrackerV3/XYplorer roots got back to 25-June-1997 (Tracker v1.0)! Makes it 10.5 years of development. Uff.

Tamil · Post by **Tamil** » 01 Jan 2008 16:48

Post by **admin** » 01 Jan 2008 16:51

Tamil wrote:

Yes, but I should add: the first 7 years were by no means as intense as the last 3.5 years!

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 01 Jan 2008 17:10

I'd also suspect that the last 2 yrs or so have been the most intense!

I'm surprised that so much gets done on XY...

Anyway, if it's anything like the programs that I used to code, the more features one added, the harder it became to maintain...

jacky · Post by **jacky** » 01 Jan 2008 18:16

admin wrote:
Tamil wrote:
Yes, but I should add: the first 7 years were by no means as intense as the last 3.5 years!

And wait till you see the ones to come !

Post by **serendipity** » 02 Jan 2008 05:23

admin wrote:Yes, but I should add: the first 7 years were by no means as intense as the last 3.5 years!

Wow!! Development is speeding up. The stats mean in next 1.75 years XY will be two times better.

Post by **admin** » 02 Jan 2008 08:27

serendipity wrote:
admin wrote:Yes, but I should add: the first 7 years were by no means as intense as the last 3.5 years!
Wow!! Development is speeding up. The stats mean in next 1.75 years XY will be two times better.

Yep, it's called "Don's Law".

Post by **admin** » 02 Jan 2008 12:38

jacky wrote:
admin wrote:
Tamil wrote:
Yes, but I should add: the first 7 years were by no means as intense as the last 3.5 years!
And wait till you see the ones to come !

Hehe! But listen: my new year resolution is: "More promotion!"
Don't worry, it's win-win: more promotion > more sales > donald =

> better XY.

Linkaday · Post by **Linkaday** » 02 Jan 2008 16:14

Considering that i thought i got hold of the best file manager i could then think of - when i stumbled upon Tracker about v 1.5x (i think i came across xbeat googling for John Zorn records) yet redhot vexed by the installation procedure / license policy of a leading product i just bought before (my first anxious online deal).
What an evolution to XYP 6.7x!

Donald Lessau, the musician, the graphics designer, the coder with an attitude and a good taste (the two most endangered of values) - what a wealth of well used gifts to our pleasurable benefit - discovered "Don`s law" and with the potential of XYplorer emerged to everyone here: much to expect!

But even when development of this product (in the best sense of the word) would have to end in the state it is in - i'm sure i would stick with it because i feel it the most balanced in every respect.

XYplorer advanced to one of my favorite gifts for all kinds of somehow (or will be) puter literate people for all kinds of occasions. I recently gave a lifetime license even as a baptism gift (alongside something else - to be correct) - the parents were somewhat baffled at first, a few days later they called me, totally enthusiastic.

Thank you, Don, and congratulations.

Jo Nendel

infimum · Post by **infimum** » 03 Jan 2008 02:56

Linkaday wrote:with an attitude ... endangered of values ...

Germany souds like a nice place !

Post by **serendipity** » 03 Jan 2008 03:14

Linkaday wrote:Considering that i thought i got hold of the best file manager i could then think of - when i stumbled upon Tracker about v 1.5x (i think i came across xbeat googling for John Zorn records) yet redhot vexed by the installation procedure / license policy of a leading product i just bought before (my first anxious online deal).
What an evolution to XYP 6.7x!

Donald Lessau, the musician, the graphics designer, the coder with an attitude and a good taste (the two most endangered of values) - what a wealth of well used gifts to our pleasurable benefit - discovered "Don`s law" and with the potential of XYplorer emerged to everyone here: much to expect!

But even when development of this product (in the best sense of the word) would have to end in the state it is in - i'm sure i would stick with it because i feel it the most balanced in every respect.

XYplorer advanced to one of my favorite gifts for all kinds of somehow (or will be) puter literate people for all kinds of occasions. I recently gave a lifetime license even as a baptism gift (alongside something else - to be correct) - the parents were somewhat baffled at first, a few days later they called me, totally enthusiastic.

Thank you, Don, and congratulations.

Jo Nendel

I thought the fact that Don is multi-talented was a very well kept secret until you spilt the beans.

. Don must be so disappointed.

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 03 Jan 2008 08:13

serendipity wrote:I thought the fact that Don is multi-talented was a very well kept secret until you spilt the beans. . Don must be so disappointed.

Secret?

A fair amount of that info is easily found via a quick Google on the name...that was how I was able to (quite a while ago now) locate the info needed so I could actually call Don and become (apparently) the first XY user to do so! He was quite surprised! Especially since I was from USA...but alas, the last time I tried it, the number had changed and I was unable to do so...

Post by **admin** » 03 Jan 2008 09:19

j_c_hallgren wrote:
serendipity wrote:I thought the fact that Don is multi-talented was a very well kept secret until you spilt the beans. . Don must be so disappointed.
Secret? A fair amount of that info is easily found via a quick Google on the name...that was how I was able to (quite a while ago now) locate the info needed so I could actually call Don and become (apparently) the first XY user to do so! He was quite surprised! Especially since I was from USA...but alas, the last time I tried it, the number had changed and I was unable to do so...

I had to change it because of all the phon(e)y support requests, haha.

Post by **admin** » 03 Jan 2008 09:25

serendipity wrote:
Linkaday wrote:Considering that i thought i got hold of the best file manager i could then think of - when i stumbled upon Tracker about v 1.5x (i think i came across xbeat googling for John Zorn records) yet redhot vexed by the installation procedure / license policy of a leading product i just bought before (my first anxious online deal).
What an evolution to XYP 6.7x!

Donald Lessau, the musician, the graphics designer, the coder with an attitude and a good taste (the two most endangered of values) - what a wealth of well used gifts to our pleasurable benefit - discovered "Don`s law" and with the potential of XYplorer emerged to everyone here: much to expect!

But even when development of this product (in the best sense of the word) would have to end in the state it is in - i'm sure i would stick with it because i feel it the most balanced in every respect.

XYplorer advanced to one of my favorite gifts for all kinds of somehow (or will be) puter literate people for all kinds of occasions. I recently gave a lifetime license even as a baptism gift (alongside something else - to be correct) - the parents were somewhat baffled at first, a few days later they called me, totally enthusiastic.

Thank you, Don, and congratulations.

Jo Nendel
I thought the fact that Don is multi-talented was a very well kept secret until you spilt the beans. . Don must be so disappointed.

Oh, there's a fine line between being flattered and being disappointed. It's only about 10 miles wide.

I don't make a secret out of it: I would play electric guitar and make drawings all day long for the rest of my life if I would not be part of the only species in nature that needs money to survive.

Post by **admin** » 03 Jan 2008 09:32

Thanks for your hymnic words!

Linkaday wrote:XYplorer advanced to one of my favorite gifts for all kinds of somehow (or will be) puter literate people for all kinds of occasions. I recently gave a lifetime license even as a baptism gift (alongside something else - to be correct) - the parents were somewhat baffled at first, a few days later they called me, totally enthusiastic.

Ha, what a crazy idea, beautiful!

Yeah, people, you heard it: it's a LIFETIME license! What are you waiting for? Life has already started! Don't waste the rest of your days XY-less!

PS: or should I advertise "Lifetime and beyond (incl. unlimited free karmic cycles!)"?