Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd E Parsons Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Last Thoth? Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:52:02 -0600 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <091220130719558666%michelle@michelle.org> <091220130949360236%lloydp21@live.com> <091220131446529556%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net cw3JdQEPKmuv3CcTO9Uw1AcQeGGK/7RQnNxneMhVnjxczvieYV Cancel-Lock: sha1:fwS2BVY7HF9Nea3rpgFDQrLk1dM= User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:19834 comp.sys.mac.comm:2006 comp.sys.mac.system:53180 On 2013-12-09 19:46:52 +0000, nospam said: > In article , Lloyd E Parsons > wrote: > >> It appears that Thoth will not continue. Basically not enough >> purchasers to make it even pay for itself, which includes the domain >> and hosting fees. >> >> I always had good service and support from Brian. When I emailed with >> issues, he fixed them and provided some test versions along the way to >> what you see now. I'll be sorry to see it go away which is what will >> happen with no further support. >> >> It is basically a dollars and sense decision on his part, and while I >> wish it was different, I fully understand the issue. >> >> I will make some suggestions to him about how he might find enough >> success, but in the end I doubt it will make a difference. :( > > if he made a version for the mac app store, he'd sell a lot. part of > the problem is nobody knows about it. > > the alternative is unison which is horrible. absolutely horrible. I suggested to him the Mac App Store might be a good way. But if he's avoided it this long, he'll probably still avoid it. And I don't agree about Unison. It ain't great, but it gets the job done. -- Lloyd