Geoff writes: > The status of Perfection is an old chestnut on this list and exactly the > same things are being said as the last time the thread appeared. And the > time before that. And the time before that. And ..the ...time .... > before..... zzzzzz. (snore). > > No one knows what the status of Perfection is or of all the ancilliary > programs that went with it. > > There is an important lesson to be learnt here, especially for those people > who 2 months ago were screaming for a QL software archive and even demanded > that it should be on the agenda of QL2004. I threw the challenge back at the > people concerned and have not heard a thing since. There is, of course, > still time to for them to send their ideas via video, CD-ROM etc to QL2004. > > Quanta asked me to monitor the discussion on a software archive to see if > they could have a role to play. I sounded out a few people who have had > experience of chasing up old software and they all said that it was not > worth the effort. More often than not you come across the same sort of > uncertainty as with Perfection. It is difficult enough to track down the > copyright position, let alone get hold of the source code. > > (Remember the reaction of everyone when I queried whether Quanta should try > to buy the rights to QLiberator and Text87?)
I can only apologise for my tardy reaction. Im not one of those "few people who have had experience of chasing up old software", but Im all for it. In particular, Id be interested in updated versions of QLiberator and EasyPtr. Id even be prepared to pay a reasonably unreasonable amount for the privilege. So anyone who thinks they can do something about this gets my wholehearted support! Per _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
