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| From | Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.comm, comp.sys.mac.apps |
| Subject | Re: Last Thoth? |
| Date | 2013-12-09 14:16 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <l858g5$mt9$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <091220130719558666%michelle@michelle.org> <091220132109017292%never@spam.invalid> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2013-12-09 20:09:01 +0000, Guenther Fischer said: > In article <bgmlc6Fod31U1@mid.individual.net>, Lloyd E Parsons > <lloydp21@live.com> wrote: > >> On 2013-12-09 19:46:52 +0000, nospam said: >> >>> In article <l856cp$818$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd E Parsons >>> <lloydp21@live.com> 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. > > Told Brian the same. He had good arguments against that idea. Mainly > the work that has to be done to make it accepted by apple. > He is an old fashioned programmer :-) > >> And I don't agree about Unison. It ain't great, but it gets the job done. > > I worked for a while with Unison. It works fine. But Thoth is better > for my purpose. And I am used to that old Newswatcher style. I like > it.... I am an old fashioned user :-) I've been using Unison though I bought and paid for both it and Thoth. I'm strictly a text-only usenet user so either work just fine. -- Lloyd
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