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From: billy@MIX.COM
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Subject: Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 05:16:58 +0000 (UTC)
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Darrin Doc O'Leary <droleary@2q2014.subsume.com> wrote:

> My market test right now is this Indiegogo campaign.  If it gets nowhere
> close to $20K, then there is simply no point in me investing hundreds or
> thousands of more hours into polishing up the code I have to an app that
> anyone can use.

The way this works is you're the one who wants a specific kind of
newsreader, so you should write it for yourself.  If you do that
well, it'll likely have some value to others.  If earning a living
eats into the time you have available, then the newsreader will just
take more time to complete.

Billy Y..
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