..... Original Message ....... On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:38:15 GMT Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >In message of 7 Nov, Martin Wuerthner <public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> In message <aeb2f63d4f.tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > In message of 7 Nov, "Rob Hemmings (News)" <rhnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> I would far rather have direct .pdf output than to have to use the >> >> rather messy solution adopted by Techwriter and I would certainly >> >> be prepared to pay for such an upgrade. > ><snip of my random guesstimate> > >> Following your rough calculation (assuming the effort is realistic and >> ignoring minor details like VAT) - in order to meet the price of £30 I >> charged for ArtWorks direct PDF export you only need 250 OvationPro >> users who are willing to upgrade. That does not seem at all >> unrealistic to me. > >Very interesting as a revised analysis from One Who Knows About These >Things. It sounds as if there could be a financially viable and >rewarding project. > >> Of course, there is little point in such calculations because at the >> end of the day it will be down to David's estimation of the required >> effort and of the number of potential buyers, plus of course the >> question whether he has any time to do it. > >There does also seem to be a greater chorus of approval for this >extension of RISC OS OPro than for anything else I've heard of. I >wonder what this will lead to? > >-- >Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@xxxxxxxxx > For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ Count me in for two copies (30 UKP would be quite acceptable) for myself and my girlfriend. Regards, Jochen ---------------------------------------------------- Sent with SnapperMail on a Palm T|T3 Jochen Konietzko Fühlinger Weg 4 D-50765 Köln +49/1772998789