On 27 May 2002, at 23:55, Jeremy Taffel wrote: (big snip) > But if their ROM could only be sold in a form containing loads of your > commercial offerings, (Which Wolfgang seems not to exclude as a > possibility), you could insist on them paying you for each one sold.
This argument I don't understand. Let's cut to the bone and talk about Roy and Peter Graf, since that is where the problkem seems to lie. Let us presume that Peter Graf were a reseller. He would pay NO money to any other reseller (not Roy, nor anyone else) - only money to the author(s) - either directly or through me if need be. He would only have to pay Roy money if he was not a reseller but bought SMSQ/E from Roy. Why would he do that? It would be so much easier to become a reseller directly. Else, he could buy it from any other reseller (perhaps Jochen). I mean, where is the difficulty? (VERY big snip) > > In my place of work alone there are at least half a dozen ex-Ql users, who > now use Linux, but could well be interested in using uQLx if they had: > usable file system > high colour > internet connectivity, with decent browser and email. > > All of which could be attainable if we work together Jeremy, I don't want this to beinterpreted as me doubting your word, but I must say that I find what you have just said VERY unlikely. Somebody normally working under Linux will just not return to the QL (I think) - oh, he may play around a bit with it for a while, for nostalgia's sake, but become a regular user? I'm afraid not. Wolfgang
