En/Je/On 2011-12-05 17:53, George Gwilt escribió / skribis / wrote :

> >If QPC2 were freely available at no cost the difficulties of the
> >demo version would, of
> >course, disappear. 

A complete freely available QPC2 (even if it will remain propietary software)
would (partly) solve the problem to distribuite new SBASIC programs that need
no limitation at runtime: The QPC2 executable and the SMSQ/E binary
(configured ad hoc) could be packed together with the WIN file and a BAT file.

Something similar would happen with a free unlimited version of Q-emuLator
(and the QLPAK format is perfect for that), but SBASIC could not be used,
because of SMSQ/E.

> >I would guess that not many copies, if any, of QPC2 will be sold
> >in the future. 

I agree. But don't forget the potential future upgrades. I think most of the
registered users would be willing to pay for any new improved version. I am.

> >it might be worth while offering Marcel a sum of money in place of
> >these. This could be
> >attractive to Marcel if he reckoned that it was worth more than he
> >would get from the future
> >sales. It would, I suggest, be of interest to the present body of
> >QLers in that it may well attract
> >new users and give the QL a new lease of life.
> >
> >Where would the money come from?

If that could be the solution some day, I suggest we could simply do a
collection.  Is it unrealistic? I don't know.

Marcos

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