In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>David McCann wrote: > >> The QL no longer has enough users to make commercial products viable, >> nor to produce enough programmers to support open-source products. > >True, but why does nobody seem to see that it's possible to get help >from friendly open source folks outside the QL scene? There is good, >nearly QL style code out there, it just needs to be discovered and >adapted. Open source doesn't necessarily mean *nix. > >Some time ago I had a good degree of success in a few QL software >projects, that could mean a decade of sparetime work, if done without >help. That I didn't release them, was mostly because there was no decent >open source OS covering the major QL targets. (I mean "open source" in >the definition of the real world, so it is possible to link code from >the real world, and to involve persons who just can't be motivated by a >proprietary system.) Some collaborative and cross-over projects like that would be great to see on the QL. Like you I remain optimistic. -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
