That was pretty insane, telling your biggest advocate, we don’t want your business anymore. In hindsight, it’s understandable. Geoff has publicly admitted that “2.0 All The Things” was an emotional choice, with no technical basis. I have been told that Xojo staff warned against it, but he writes the cheques. Once it became clear it was the wrong choice, rather than admit it, Geoff chose to double down on it, no matter the cost.
Concur. There is a huge reduction in experience in the forum and a lack of knowledge from within Xojo, I try not to answer questions, because I believe I am delaying the inevitable. Breaking that habit is hard.
This would be nice, but at this point I not only think that Xojo is out of touch, but it is severely lacking in capability.
I hope I can get there some day, I have a long road ahead of me, especially to convert Sleep Aid (which has become quite complicated already), but I’ll get there one step at a time.
Thank you.
One statement from the CEO has really bothered me for a while “Adequately Staffed”, it just doesn’t make any logical sense what so ever. They’re clearly short staffed and majorly lacking in the skills/experience department, but the CEO continues to tout it, even though it appears to be a factually incorrect statement.
Until it dawned on me, he’s not looking at from knowledge of the product or from a developer who relies on his product, he’s looking at it from someone who knows Xojo’s finances… He can’t afford to hire more staff or more experienced/skilled staff, and this was before Xojo shed it’s “vocal minority” of customers.
The current staff are overworked and underpaid and I heard through the grapevine (so take it with a pinch of salt), that one of Xojo’s more recent hires is already reaching out to find another job.
Coupled with the recent price increases, downplaying of feature requests such as pre-emptive threads and branding “2.0 All The Things” as progress, paints a less than bright view of Xojo’s financial status and an attitude that appears to be trying to simply maintain that status, rather than seeking for growth.