Re: ipad

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010, Macdonald, Clint wrote:
> At the risk of sounding like a whiney cry-baby,

In the forums, Ken Case said, "Wait until we actually make an announcement of 
the price and the feature set, before you pass judgement."

http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=15804


* This is _the_ app I have been waiting for on iPad. I am so glad that they 
chose this as one of the first ones to port. The potential is enormous.

* The price is never permanent. Software prices change all of the time on the 
app store. If you're not happy, wait a bit and see if it comes down.

Yes: on the one hand, I think the price is steep.

On the other hand, I have been reading phrases like,

"We're working like crazy on the apps. For example, the only time yesterday 
that one of us didn't check in code for OmniGraffle for iPad was between 4 and 
5am."

http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?p=74488


I don't know if these guys bill hourly or are salaried or what, but 
regardless, they are all making some pretty big personal sacrifices to make 
these products the best that they can. This is not a large company. I suspect 
that the people who work on the software end up reading the mailing list, 
forums, etc.

Having worked a few all-night-for-many-night software releases, I can only 
imagine that Omni are thinking of a way to recoup some of those 'midnight oil' 
costs. Or maybe they've just taken a hard look at what it costs for them to 
make software.


I'm one of those folks who will have iPad + 3G 'lag envy' this Saturday.. and 
for a few weeks after that. Despite that, I just made my decision and clicked 
'buy app.' I hope you'll do the same.


Thom Brooks
Austin, TX