[softwarelist] Re: The failings of OvPro

  • From: Dave Symes <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:21:51 +0100

In article <mpro.m1tc4u09s6jgw01jn.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The problem is, the amounts of money on offer aren't *commercially*
> interesting (ie. they're not going to cover the time taken at rates
> comparable to other paid work).

> So we're still stuck with needing developers who want to do RTF export
> for "fun", which is perhaps a niche group.  And as has been explained
> repeatedly WRT NetSurf (to name just one group of developers who have
> been vocal on the subject in the past), adding money into the equation
> tends to remove the "fun" aspect and actually *reduce* the desire to do
> the work.

You are no doubt right Steve...
So I guess the obvious solution is just dump this cul-de-sac OS and move
everything to Windows.

I did it once before when I moved everything to OvPro and Eureka from
previous apps. (Publisher and InterSheet).

Mmnnn! interesting thought. ;-)

D

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