User talk:M.J. Moore-McGonigal PhD, P.Eng

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ICON Quote System
Hi, if you want to link the ICON Quote System article, better link it to articles real close related. Links to general article like CAD will be always removed, sooner or later, because they relate to hundreds of specific articles, which should be listed in a category and not in the see also section. Good luck. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 14:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Greetings Marcel, and thank you for the warm welcome. Your input is greatly appreciated, and duly noted.  Developers from around the globe have appreciated the opportunity to participate in the IQS project, including - you guessed it - ME!  I have a long history in program architecture and reflect on the days of BASCIC, FORTRAN, C, C++ and the like.  With the latest development platforms we have appreciable differences from programs of the past.  Currently the IQS program is truly the only system of its kind.  Sad to be born from additional necessity, however it is growing a new life.  In recent months the modeling system has been integrated into other solutions such as mapping, home modeling, and with speed-of-light rendering capabilities I think the IQS platform will grow into more than a few solutions for modeling or rendering. Even the big "G" is interested in taking a peek on the inside... for apparent reasons.  It is fairly easy to quickly generate a 3D model based on a photo, with the "point-and-click" line to line snapped endpoint.


 * It is more than software; it is a fusion of some of the greatest modern minds. Dutch Mathematician and physicist W. "Dutch" DeZeeuw has enabled IQS to perform the same functions as cad without the processing overhead.  David T. Garcia, a renowned .Net developer and MIT graduate (top of his class) has built an integrated platform that allows the user to quickly navigate through the program "client-side" then serialized requests are handled remotely by a cluster processing system developed initially by myself then later vastly improved by Matt Fields, one of the most intelligent hardware-to-software system developers on the planet.  I will be quoting some of this as part of an edit to IQS.  I am sure that you will understand that CAD is computer aided drafting...  IQS is a system that drafts based on 1. The users desired figure 2. The structural requirements and lastly…  3. Provides a complete set of plans in less time than a normal cad system would take to start up and load.  Kind Regards
 * M.J. Moore-McGonigal PhD, P.Eng (talk) 23:55, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for explaning. This is all interesting information. I will copy this respons to the Talk:ICON Quote System page (where others can read about this as well) and will respons over there. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 00:16, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

IQS / Icon Quote System
I am contacting you regarding your comments (reads like an advert) and for re-installing banners that discredit the genuine quality of the page. I am not quite certain of your qualifications for judging the intent of a party interested in being a part of Wikipedia so I will give you my run down. I am the original creator of the software. I never made any money from it, or recognition. I am certainly no wiki-expert. IQS IT director started the page at my request.

A family member who has done well marketing a business uses the software and has assembled a team to continue the development and improvement of the system. The only restriction is that it could never be sold. I never intended to sell it, only to start an open project for a modeling system. There are a lot of other contributors who work on the project for free. My engineering firm only works for a few select clients, and parts of the program are used to develop systems that do not compete with IQS – but IQS cannot be sold.

ICON Building Systems licenses the source, and adds functionality to the system to help their business run - like accounting, reporting, inventory, CRM etc. none of which are mentioned on the wiki. Why would it be an ad? It’s free. The company leases a website www.metalbuildingdepot.com and the website is the primary marketing portal to the company. Metal Building Depot is not even mentioned in the wiki. Why? Integrity, there is a lot of it here. Metalbuildingdepot.com has held the top natural position on Google for over 4 years – totally organic. No links to wiki – thanks.

So discredit the work of others as you will, but please at least have the courtesy to do a little research before you jump to conclusions. IQS is totally unique and unlike any other program. It competes with no one; it has no means of income - it is a labour of love. It is only used to assist people (regular people) in designing a building. Why don’t you download it and try it for yourself?

M.J. Moore-McGonigal PhD, P.Eng (talk) 00:20, 8 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't have to know anything about your product to know that the article about it sounded like a brochure not like an article. That said, I research all of my edits and have compared your article and software with several comparable program suites, so please assume good faith before making inflammatory statements like "at least have the courtesy to do a little research before you jump to conclusions." You have directly stated that you are an author on the product (and it's a product even if you don't profit from it) and have thereby a direct conflict of interest. The article is not well written and now is more of a jumbled mess than an article. It needed toning down, not wanton addition of internal documentation.
 * Wikipedia is not the place for marketing, not the place for your internal IT director to place advertisements, and not the place for you to insult people who are trying to improve the article on your software. Read my history, I review articles, it's what I do, there's no need for this attack. Adam McCormick (talk) 06:01, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, my issue is absolutely not that the article exist, my issue is the tone of the article as it is (which has been somewhat improved). It's not that you are "trying" to market the product, it's that you cannot help but speak well of the product. I understand that you are not a wiki expert and you don't have to be, but I am glad that you are, as you claim, trying to get some help with it. Adam McCormick (talk) 23:26, 9 June 2009 (UTC)