Thanks Bill, I am glad to see I an not alone in my views Regards
Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.macnamaras.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Cable" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "QL Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Source Code > I do enjoy the diversity of opinions and the glimpses of personalities that > occur in the give and take on this issue. And I do not think bad of anyone for > their position but it is surprising how different they can be. I would think we > would want to give the source code to anyone who would want to look at it on a > silver plater and allow them to do anything they would want with it in the hopes > that Wolfgang Lenerz could merge the good stuff into an ever improving core > operating system that is predictable and documented. Then hardware and software > developers would really have something to work with. > > I bet 90% of us have already given our donation to TT for SMSQ so what more is > there to give. He has been paid for his work. Do we have to keep buying it over > and over or are we renting it? Unless there is some unforeseen demand for SMSQ > that draws in new users there will be no more new buyers of SMSQ. > > In the past some of the most talented contributors have refused to participate > in the SMSQ side of things precisely because of its closed nature and we have a > fragmented community. Now we might lose another batch of enthusiasts who want to > do good things for the QL. This license is strange and we do not need that. If I > were a developer I would not participate. I would not mind giving my work away > free to help the QL community but I would resent like hell its inclusion in SMSQ > under the proposed agreement. The core system needs to be really free and open. > The software developers who want to make money write programs we want that run > on that core system. The traders stock the software for us to buy and add value > to the core operating system that we will buy. There is no way around the fact > that this is a hobby system and making much money is not possible. > > I do wish Quanta would take up this issue in a big way as they should be > unbiased and have some influence. I realize there are limits depending on what > TT is willing to do but I don't think this has been designed to get near the > benefits possible. And I really don't care whether the core system is SMSQ or > Minerva. I just want to see an open core system. This does seem to be a rare > crossroad where we could vastly improve our future or continue on the same slow > fragmented decline. > > -- Bill > > >
