[softwarelist] Re: OPro for Mac?
- From: Martin Longley <mlongley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:40:57 +0000 (GMT)
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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