Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!MIX!Blackbird From: billy@MIX.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 00:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <1lmn9id.1cardaa1mxz95lN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <1lmmiks.uecs8yktc4v5N%Howard.not@home.com> <1lmnszv.16d1stp1yax1ynN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <1lmq9el.1ytbdlxyd3u2hN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1401928049 28276 166.84.1.5 (5 Jun 2014 00:27:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 00:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:22255 comp.sys.mac.system:60187 Darrin Doc O'Leary wrote: > You have to consider that support is a two way street. If there just aren't > the number of registrations, you cant be surprised when developers spend > their time on more fruitful projects. Even Brian Clark doesn't look quite > so bad when you actually do the economics how much he put into Thoth and > (likely) how little he got in return. > > That's part of why I'm not really looking to make Signal a commercial > effort, because all evidence shows that pouring 1000 hours into detailed > polishing is still unlikely to get most people to part with even $10. I put considerably more than 1000 hours into the PDP-11 Kermit (a free, 'open source' assembly language file transfer utility). I did it mainly because I needed it myself (at the time most videotape edit systems were PDP-11 based). I didn't need to be compensated for the work (I already earn plenty..), but I wound up benefitting quite a bit from it, via collaborating with many exceptionally sharp people I probably wouldn't have otherwise met. Billy Y.. -- sub #'9+1 ,r0 ; convert ascii byte add #9.+1 ,r0 ; to an integer bcc 20$ ; not a number