[softwarelist] Re: OPro for Mac?

Hi

I've said it before but....

OVPro written in Java and running in ANY browser (that supported Java) would
be a killer app. If you want to see what can be done got to www.j2e.com

It's free for individuals.

Martin Longley


In article <3oWFupBledQHFwyp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4f443a4875jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jack Evans 
> <jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >I'm sure that David will have assessed this from his viewpoint, taking
> >account of his priorities, and I wonder what his thoughts are now in the
> >present circumstanes.

> I don't think I am about to do a Mac version of OP.

> I am inclined to think that I should have taken Acorn's advice and gone 
> off to work on the Mac (in 1996!). I didn't because I've never had 
> anything to do with Macs, I felt there was competition in the form of 
> Quark, I couldn't believe Acorn were packing up and at the time the Mac 
> looked to be in trouble.

> The Windows version represents years of work (probably as much effort as 
> went into the RISC OS original). It has not paid off. Yes I've not 
> marketed it well enough. However I feel it does not do enough to be 
> competitive. So I'm left in the position I have been in before, if I do 
> a few more years work then it might sell. Then again behind the next 
> mountain there may be yet another one to climb.

> Doing a Mac version would be another gamble on the same lines as 
> Windows, perhaps two years full time work, at the end of which someone 
> will say "oh it would be OK if only it did XYZ".

> The Mac market may well be more suitable for an individual programmer 
> than the Windows market.

> If anyone feels they could make a success out of marketing OP for 
> Windows - I'm prepared to give you 30% of the retail price of each copy 
> you sell. However what you're not allowed to do is make unlimited 
> promises about adding features.

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mlongley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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