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[ral-clan]

Rule #1 of the Amiga world:

Never, EVER pre-pay for anything, no matter how legitimate the creator looks.

Seriously though, I sympathise. Although I didn't pre-pay, I really wanted the Aladdin project to succeed. I would be interested in knowing if Daren Kazimer (sp?), the programmer, is also wondering where his paycheques are. If that is the case, they should just give him the rights to the code in lieu of pay and he can develop it as his own project.

[cgutjahr]

Originally Posted by klx300r

as I paid for a version of Alladin4D for AmigaOS4.x I believe I have a right to ask for a status update since it's years, not months,overdue

Ah, that explains your endurance I completely forgot about that particular prepay scam.

I'm sorry to hear you lost money, but I'm with JJ here - forget about Alladin and have fun with Blender instead.

[magnetic]

Well I dont know about this people might not see their money or product. Discreet has a long standing relationship in the amiga community. Sure, the track record lately is tough, but so are all the other amiga type companies!

Dont forget if it wasnt for Discreet's push for Amizilla we might not have Timberwolf!

[Pyromania]

I have asked Aladdin 4D 6.0's programmer many times for a status update. We put a lot of money into it so the silence bothers us most of all. I don't know what is going on.



Only Deron knows for sure.

FYI

It's not a payment problem, payments are ahead of schedule.

[Piru]

Originally Posted by Pyromania

I have asked Aladdin 4D 6.0's programmer many times for a status update. We put a lot of money into it so the silence bothers us most of all. I don't know what is going on.



Only Deron knows for sure.

FYI

It's not a payment problem, payments are ahead of schedule.

Wait, now you're telling us that you

1. don't a actually have any control of or contact with your contracted programmer for who knows how long
2. despite the lack of control you've found it acceptable to collect pre-payment money, and keep silent of the issues for months, if not years

Project management - how does it work?

[utri007]

How to have control over programmer wich does work in home?

But Amigish busines is usualla based to "good will with fellow amiga hobbyists" and it is far from professional project management.

[Pyromania]

@Piru

We don't collect pre-payments. We currently sell version 5.0 only. Lack of communication from the programmer is a recent thing.

[klx300r]

Originally Posted by Pyromania

I have asked Aladdin 4D 6.0's programmer many times for a status update. We put a lot of money into it so the silence bothers us most of all. I don't know what is going on.



Only Deron knows for sure.

FYI
It's not a payment problem, payments are ahead of schedule.

in construction it's the GC that is ultimately responsible for all the sub-contractors. If a sub performs poorly it's the GC who looks bad to the client and not the other way around unfortunately.