Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: android Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:48:20 +0200 Organization: the center of color Imaging for the color blind probono institute Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <9eWdnVQgKbylfg3OnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@giganews.com> X-Trace: individual.net FZF9huqM9zy3DbfpoN78kAv+HWLdvIZkr2FttlTY+t3a9F5C4a X-Orig-Path: here Cancel-Lock: sha1:eD/2nq5ZVWvnsPKqqWKz+EcbAcA= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:22490 comp.sys.mac.system:60467 In article , Darrin "Doc" O'Leary wrote: > For your reference, records indicate that > Alan Browne wrote: > > > Then get cracking. > > I already got cracking. That’s the point of me demoing a prototype for the > campaign. A separate framework already exists and works fairly well, but I > would still want to to *a lot* of tweaking before releasing it (especially > cleaning up the API for public consumption). > > > Seriously - where the Apple world needs a usenet client is for iOS. > > Well, unless funding picks up dramatically, they’re not going to get it > from me. It seems the economics of the “need” just isn’t in line with the > effort involved. Either a lot more people need to get interested in Usenet > as a social network, or some entity with funding needs to see how it can be > leveraged for a particular goal. And, in the grand scheme of things, the > $20K or $50K that it would take is hardly a drop in the bucket compared to > some of the projects I’ve worked on that cost much more and achieved so > much less. > > > Your request for funding isn't free either. > > It’s free in that the result will be free to everyone, and possibly even > free to the extent of putting the code in the public domain, and that is > *hugely* important when you want to be able to introduce new people to > Usenet. That’s a far better deal than having *everyone* pay, like Unison > does. Even a non-commercial effort like mine has a non-zero cost. > > > $20000 is more akin to projects where material and/or tooling is needed. > > $20K is the economic reality. If you don’t agree, you’re welcome to pay > someone to else to write the software for you. Let me know how much cheaper > it ends up being. Apparently you've fixed something in your code. The post looks OK. Now put your app on the market and be done with it. If it's contributing something new or are better than existing offerings people outside your immediate family might pay for a license to use it! It's not like we can't live without your efforts in this area. There are other working Usenet/NNTP clients for the Mac out there... -- teleportation kills http://tinyurl.com/androidphotography