At 15:34 02/01/2001 -0500, Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
>Gervase Markham wrote:
> >
> > > Beonex makes a version for PC but repeated questions of when a Mac
> > > version is coming has fell on deaf ears. I'm not the only one who has
> asked.
> > >
> > > So you assertion is only "partly right".
> >
> > Why only partly right? What obligation does Beonex have to release a Mac
> > version?
> >
> > Gerv
>
>There's no "obligation". There is common courteousy of at least
>acknowledging a question and giving a simple answer.
If you ask Beonex on Beonex's user list then I'm sure you'd get a
reply. Of course one of those replies could be, 'can you do it yourself?'
given that its a fairly mechanical process you just need the software to
build the application and the distribution with the install. Bear in mind
that no one is going to make any revenue simply out of building a
distribution and making it available so any costs have to be in contributed
time.
>Could be:
>
>We are sorry, but due to lack of support for, or lack of qualified
>people to create such at this time, thre can't be any support for "X
>version. (X being Mac, PC, Unix, BEOS, Next Step, Open Step, etc.).
>
>I one fellow send personal note about same subject. He suggested he
>looked into it but Hardware, software cost made it impractical. That's
>his opinion. although he did at least give one. I respect him for it,
>because he took the time to express one one way or another.
That sounds like me :-) its something I've said on a few occasions. The
startup costs would be between 3 and 4 thousand pounds for me, let alone
the time taken to understand the Mac sufficiently to get it to build and
implement changes. That when there is no appreciable market to get a
return back on that investment just doesn't make it economic for me. You
need someone who already has at their disposal both the hardware and the
software as well as the inclination and over the past three years Mac
developers have been conspicuous only by their absence.
Scare up a willing developer or find someone interested in investing
development capital and you will get somewhere, berating distributors and
developers who don't have the wherewithal to meet your particular needs
though won't get you anywhere at all.
Simon
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