Jim, You have paid your dues! Hold on those funds and spend them more foolishly than a donation to Jsoftware!
Time for others to step up, or not. We will eventually get around to this, but it is not at the top of our priority list. Votes by donation pledges would get our attention. Anyone could do this with the J gpl source. If someone set up a credible project, we'd be happy to provide the current iOS ide source under a gpl license. On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 6:21 PM 'Jim Russell' via General < [email protected]> wrote: > It’s been a while since I kicked in anything to support Jsoftware and my > old MacBook can’t keep up to the minimum requirements for the qt ide. So J > 701 on my iPhone and iPad is important, meaning I would be willing to kick > in $100 or so from my social security check for an iOS upgrade. > But, good luck finding anyone else that can match the productivity of you > guys! > > On Jun 22, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Agreed it would be a stable 901 with appropriate addons and ready for > > serious use. And it would be a base that would be kept current. > > > > I don't have a quote yet on an estimated consulting fee for this so we > are > > all a bit in the dark. This work would not be done with normal Jsoftware > > resources, but would instead be done by a professional mac development > > company who are in it, not for love, but money. > > > > Interesting to see how many others stick their neck out and say they > would > > 'throw money at it'. > > > >> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 2:11 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I'd throw money at it. > >> > >> That said, if it's that much trouble, I imagine it should be a stable > >> version of J9, with a good set of addons. (math/misc at the very least.) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -- > >> Raul > >> > >>> On Saturday, June 22, 2019, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> We'd very much like to update J for iOS (fix bugs, support latest iPad > >>> resolutions, improve interface, and update to 807/901). We have the > >> talent > >>> lined up to do it, but funding such a project is a problem for us, and > it > >>> would be money out of pocket, not just working for nothing. We want it > to > >>> be free or very cheap on the app store, so there is no money there, > >>> especially after apple takes its cut. I wonder if enough people would > >> press > >>> the donation button if we put out a call? It is not a trivial project. > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 1:35 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> J on the iphone is still j701 > >>>> > >>>> I don't know how difficult the iphone deploy process is, but if it's > >> not > >>>> too much trouble it might be nice to eventually get a update there? > >>>> > >>>> (Or, if it is too much trouble, j701 still works...) > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Raul > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
