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Context: The authors software website: https://www.TurtleSoft.com https://www.TurtleSoft.com A screenshot: https://www.turtlesoft.com/Accounting-Software.html#

Context: The authors software website: https://www.TurtleSoft.com https://www.TurtleSoft.com A screenshot: https://www.turtlesoft.com/Accounting-Software.html#Chart_Of_Accounts https://www.turtlesoft.com/Accounting-Software.html#Chart_Of... I want to be respectful to an indie developer, but think it’s worth considering the kind of niche he works in (guessing windows -centric) and probably does more high touch sales. I want to also guess that many of the people on that thread are from an older generation of developers, might be worth considering what the tradeoffs have been in language improvements that have attracted more people to writing software compared to the authors in that thread saying C++ is all they need.

lonelappde 7y ago
His users are surely customers from 20years ago who never wanted to switch to anything new.
- blub 7y ago
  This is exactly how software should be: it should just work reliably for years and decades on end.
  - js2 7y ago
    Sure that's fine. You can stick with your decades old computer running a decades old OS and decades old software. What you can't do is expect the rest of the technology world to standstill or forever maintain backwards compatibility.
  - thesquib 7y ago
    I think it is a shame that longevity of software is a thing of the past.
    - acdha 7y ago
      A myth of the past: the reason why everyone switched to online update cycles was recognizing how common security updates and other bugfixes were, and how much you’d save by planning to do them regularly.
fortran77 7y ago
You are being mean. Picking on a guy's website because it's not shiny and new for you.
- seltzered_ 7y ago
  Wasn't trying to be mean, but to understand his perspective when he stated that "For anyone smaller, it's hard to justify the constant need to rewrite code just to stay in the same place. Return on investment is just not there." His reply post goes a bit more into his story of trying to update the app: https://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2019/Oct/msg00027.html https://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2019/Oct/msg00027... . While I get author's gone through some rough experiences, I wonder he could have sought outside investment/advising to get a solid rewrite done & grow the business.
- mrpippy 7y ago
  The screenshot is from classic Mac OS, which means it’s at least 15 years old. I love the classic Mac OS, but a product being actively sold for much newer OSes needs up-to-date screenshots.

lonelappde 7y ago

His users are surely customers from 20years ago who never wanted to switch to anything new.

blub 7y ago
This is exactly how software should be: it should just work reliably for years and decades on end.
- js2 7y ago
  Sure that's fine. You can stick with your decades old computer running a decades old OS and decades old software. What you can't do is expect the rest of the technology world to standstill or forever maintain backwards compatibility.
- thesquib 7y ago
  I think it is a shame that longevity of software is a thing of the past.
  - acdha 7y ago
    A myth of the past: the reason why everyone switched to online update cycles was recognizing how common security updates and other bugfixes were, and how much you’d save by planning to do them regularly.

fortran77 7y ago

You are being mean. Picking on a guy's website because it's not shiny and new for you.

seltzered_ 7y ago
Wasn't trying to be mean, but to understand his perspective when he stated that "For anyone smaller, it's hard to justify the constant need to rewrite code just to stay in the same place. Return on investment is just not there." His reply post goes a bit more into his story of trying to update the app: https://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2019/Oct/msg00027.html https://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2019/Oct/msg00027... . While I get author's gone through some rough experiences, I wonder he could have sought outside investment/advising to get a solid rewrite done & grow the business.
mrpippy 7y ago
The screenshot is from classic Mac OS, which means it’s at least 15 years old. I love the classic Mac OS, but a product being actively sold for much newer OSes needs up-to-date screenshots.