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Re: What usenet client are you using?

From android <here@there.was>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: What usenet client are you using?
Date 2015-02-24 12:06 +0100
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References (1 earlier) <2015022217565993804-anon@anonumostorg> <mcfhvf$5b7$1@dont-email.me> <1m0c3t5.1avm35gu41jp3N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <mcgqvv$7v3$1@dont-email.me> <1m0dbel.u1zves608k7eN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>

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In article <1m0dbel.u1zves608k7eN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>,
 jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:

> Doc O'Leary <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> wrote:
> 
> > For your reference, records indicate that 
> > jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> > 
> > > Ehhh... I don't know that I'd pick Panic to make a decent modern OSX GUI
> > > Usenet client. Unison always seemed like a half-baked experiment to me.
> > 
> > I'd agree, which is why I started writing Signal, but the topic at hand
> > was to get an improved Unison experience.  The only way to do that is to
> > bring it back from the dead, and (probably) the only way to do that would
> > be to make it worth someone's while.
> > 
> > > Maybe for $10K we would get a decent client (though for text I'd still
> > > stick with MacSOUP).
> > 
> > No, you'd have to start at $20K for a decent client.  More if you want it
> > to do binaries and other such things.
> > 
> > > But a couple years down the road and you just know
> > > Panic would have abandoned it again. What are we gonna do - pay 'em $10K
> > > every few years? Heh.
> > 
> > It's almost like software development has ongoing expenses . . .
> 
> Or one can simply accept that Mac Usenet clients do not have a large
> enough market to justify more than current development efforts and
> developer remuneration. MacSOUP - for example - continues to be
> maintained in bugfix mode (likewise a few others) for which I'm very
> thankful (you're awesome Stefan!), and there are free open source GUI
> and CL clients.
> 
> You seem to want a modern commercial Mac Usenet client without concern
> for the reality of the market. I've said it before and I'll say it
> again: you set yourself up for inevitable failure, and then couldn't
> seem to handle it when the reality both hit home and was pointed out to
> you.

Text clients are quite sufficient since the binary usenet groups are 
obsolete now. O'Leary seemed to have one up 'n running. To bad that he 
did chose to not continue development by posting a time limitet public 
beta so that he could get some user feedback.
-- 
teleportation kills

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What usenet client are you using? John Thornley <thornjohn@gmail.com> - 2015-02-17 21:21 +0000
  Re: What usenet client are you using? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-17 17:36 -0500
    Re: What usenet client are you using? heron stone <heron@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-17 15:15 -0800
      Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-17 16:45 -0800
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    Re: What usenet client are you using? heron stone <heron@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-17 15:16 -0800
    Re: What usenet client are you using? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-18 19:05 -0800
  Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-18 02:40 +0000
    Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-17 20:25 -0800
      Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-18 04:32 +0000
  Re: What usenet client are you using? John  <email@domain.com> - 2015-02-18 00:18 -0600
    Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-17 23:05 -0800
  Re: What usenet client are you using? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2015-02-18 12:47 +0000
    Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-18 17:53 +0000
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    Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-18 19:16 +0000
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        Re: What usenet client are you using? John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 04:46 +0000
        Re: What usenet client are you using? Moi <moi@moimoimoi.net> - 2015-02-18 21:31 -0800
      Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 06:13 +1300
        Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-23 17:28 +0000
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      Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 06:04 +1300
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              Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-08 18:31 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-08 19:22 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-08 19:39 +0000
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                Re: What usenet client are you using? Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-03-08 16:42 -0400
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                Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-10 00:18 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-10 21:50 +0000
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                Re: What usenet client are you using? M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-03-11 09:21 -0400
                Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-12 03:16 +0000
          Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-03-08 06:04 +0100
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            Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-03-08 10:57 +0100
              Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-03-08 23:29 +1300
                Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-03-08 11:36 +0100
                Re: What usenet client are you using? christian150205@ghanart.org (Christian) - 2015-03-08 12:18 +0100
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  Re: What usenet client are you using? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-02-21 17:16 +0000
    Re: What usenet client are you using? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2015-02-22 13:20 +0000
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  Re: What usenet client are you using? Bill F <anon@anonumost.org> - 2015-02-22 17:56 -0500
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      Re: What usenet client are you using? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-02-22 21:20 -0800
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      Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-22 23:48 -0800
        Re: What usenet client are you using? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-23 11:49 -0500
          Re: What usenet client are you using? John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-02-25 23:01 -0500
    Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-23 15:45 +0000
      Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 06:13 +1300
        Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-24 03:25 +0000
          Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 22:03 +1300
            Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-24 12:06 +0100
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                Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-24 08:29 -0800
                Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-24 18:08 +0100
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-25 16:09 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-25 17:27 +0100
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                Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-25 16:04 +0000
            Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-24 15:40 +0000
            Re: What usenet client are you using? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-24 16:15 +0000
            Re: What usenet client are you using? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-25 10:15 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-25 12:01 +0100
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                Re: What usenet client are you using? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-25 14:31 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-25 17:34 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-26 08:55 +1300
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-25 21:16 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-27 03:39 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.org> - 2015-02-27 05:10 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-27 09:29 +0000
            Re: What usenet client are you using? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-25 07:40 -0500
            Re: What usenet client are you using? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-02-26 05:12 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-26 08:39 +0100
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 08:40 -0500
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 14:06 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 10:22 -0500
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 15:32 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-26 17:30 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 13:21 -0500
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 18:45 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 13:20 -0500
                Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-26 15:19 +0100
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-26 15:28 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 15:39 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-26 17:25 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 18:32 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-26 23:17 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 23:48 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 14:04 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 14:03 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-26 15:32 +0000
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