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David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message <4fb2e1d238Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Torrens (lists)"
<Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Yes, having to admit that there is no future in a OS you do like, and
moving to an OS you do not, simply to make a living, must be a a major
de-motivator.
RISC OS was far ahead of Microsoft in 1988, it is now far behind.
There's a lot wrong with RISC OS from a 2008 perspective.
I have not made a living from Windows, my Windows experience has been
more dispiriting than my RISC OS one.
But you have always been reluctant to do chargeable upgrades for RISC OS.
Are there enough changes you could port back into RO to appease your
conscience about making an upgrade charge, and are there enough RO users
left and willing to pay a charge to make it worth your while?
My feeling about charging for RISC OS upgrades post 1998 has been that
to do so was misleading (things were not going to go on for ever).
Nearly ten years after Acorn. I think I was wrong about a couple of
things, RISC OS has gone on longer than I expected and I might as well
have put the four years work that went into Ovation Pro for Windows into
the RISC OS version.
Paid for upgrades would not have saved Ovation Pro, the thing that would
have done, was more users. I needed more people to see the copies in use
and say "this is fantastic I must have it".
All this comes back to finding a way forward...
I'm thinking something like putting the source code into the public
domain and myself departing to a new venture. However this is easier to
say than to do.
Do a big update on the Riscos version and charge £50 or maybe a bit
more. I guess many would go for that. After all I pay for Easywriter
updates and only use it 5% of the time compared with OPro.
If you decide to go ahead I know people like Jim Nagel, VA, etc give
backing and free advertising. What do others think, can we have a
response?
Vote my friends
