But please stop with the hyperbole about all the ‘horrible’ comments. I’ve had many many more positive comments then the enevitable one or two unimpressd ones. The reason Rainbow was pulled was the ‘controversy’ to do with your file. I also know flash.tutsplus were relaying information from my emails back to you because of the comments you’ve made.

The facts of the events remain and for whatever the reason, it reaks of inconsistancy that Rainbow should have been removed. Real shame.

Good luck Michael, looks like you’ve claimed your turf.

I never told anybody to pull the articles, they were probably pulled because your file was getting horrible feedback (not easy, not fast, no good GUI) . I actually love and welcome competition. To mention, however, that I would in any way try to “match” the functionality your file is laughable. I’ve never even heard of it before seeing the article, and have been building my v2 for a year and a half.

I’m not going to continue with this nonsense. The buyers will speak for themselves, as it should be.

Best Regards,
Michael

They wrote back and told me they hoped it was alright for them to send Rainbow on to one of their partner sites, which ended up being flash.tutsplus…

The were very happy to accept my offer to give away Rainbow Live licences to readers of their site and came up with the competition idea thmeselves. They also wrote the Freebies entry with out me suggesting or even asking for it, and I’m greatful they did.

it’s just a shame that after that they did a big backflip.

The were very happy to accept my offer to give away Rainbow Live licences to readers of their site and came up with the competition idea thmeselves. They also wrote the Freebies entry with out me suggesting or even asking for it, and I’m greatful they did.

it’s just a shame that after that they did a big backflip.

Rainbow XML editor is in fact a free product: http://www.codeandvisual.com/rainbow I do also promote Rainbow Live – a paid version for a different use (as a simple FlashCMS), but that doesn’t change the fact that Rainbow is a free online XML editor enabling you to edit any XML file on your hard drive. It uses the same name because it is based on the same engine.

You’ll notice there are a lot of free Flash based online apps available these days, I was trying to add to the fray, look at Aviary for instance, this also works on files stored on your hard drive. I don’t apologise for advertising a paid product next to a free one, it’s a standard business model, and I think having provided a useful free product, it’s not unwarranted.

You keep making claims of being better or worse, which is debatable and non constructive. Your original file didn’t come close to providing all of the functionality of Rainbow and I haven’t checked out your new version – but I’m sure you haven’t caught up to where Rainbow is in all regards. Either way, your original file couldn’t have been better because it simply didn’t do nearly as much.

I think your original file was great, it just didn’t go far enough, I was thinking of purchasing it at the time, but I needed a lot more functionality so I decided to build my own. Beinig angry at me for entering the market as a competitor is selfish. It’s like claiming that because the Wright Brothers pioneered with their paper and wood contraptions that Boeing has no right to make aeroplanes.

It’s also interesting to note that you got my file taken off a day before you released your second version, which apprently tries to match some of the functionality of Rainbow Live. It doesn’t look good on anyone involved.

JMC

Very cool and I will include in the CMS 2.0 of yours that I just buy this week!

Great job!

I did it on purpose to show you the difference between good and bad business practices.

1. You placed it under freebies, when there was nothing “free” about it. It only took people to a demo version of your commercial product, which they would need to buy to get full use out of. When I upload a freebie, it’s truly free – no strings attached.

2. If I remember correctly, you had some pretty negative feedback on that page, so it’s probably better that it’s gone, no?

I don’t mind that you have your product, even though you admit that it was inspired by mine. But when you come onto a network that I was on first, selling something that I made first, for more than double the price when I believe that mine is better…. you have to know that you’re going to be in for some stiff competition.

Best Regards,
Michael