> Stuart Brady wrote:
>
> >1. He's still working on it.
>
> He really should consider releasing the source code whilst he's working
> on it, so that the Linux and DOS versions have a chance to catch up.
We (DOS/Linux) are already LOST! :-(
I think Si could release a beta version (with or without sources).
Maybe WITH sources, since I have something little to add.
> >2. It's under GPL; therefore it'll be released as source code anyway, so
you
> >can do a backport if you like.
>
> If he doesn't release it whilst he's working on it, that will take
> longer, and the Win32 version will be better for longer. I also think
> that Linux programmers shouldn't go off and improve programs for long
> periods of time without releasing the code. They don't, though.
Yes, they usually don't.
Also, without project documentation, we are all lost!
> >3. It's his time and effort. It's up to him how he spends it. As you'll
have
> >the source, you can spend the time backporting it if you like.
>
> That's true. I'm not going to argue with that. But he *could* release
> the source code after getting the basics done.
I think we could cooperate on SimCoupe rather than "at first Si does
hit work, than you will convert it to Linux and do your work, than
Si will convert it back to Win32 and do his work".
Simon, your strategy is bad!
COOPERATION is the key to success!
> >4. The only person who knows what he's doing on it is Simon himself.
>
> That's the problem. At least a todo list and some changelogs would be
> better than nothing.
I think so.
> >Sounds like I could say the same about Stuart Brady... no respect for
other
> >platforms.
>
> I /do/ have respect for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Amiga, Sam,
> Spectrum, Atari, Macintosh, Irix, Solaris (does MS still use this for
> hotmail?), BeOS, RiscOS, EPOC32, GNU Hurd, and <insert non-MS operating
> system here> users. If they use Windows as well as one of these (as I
> do), they're not quite as bad. I'm still lame for using Windows, though.
And what is your respect good for?
You are a typical anti-Gates man.
Do you all know why we still talk about op.systems, instead of SimCoupe?
Since Si works on his own. That's the problem.
If Si will stop working on his own, we can stop talking about this strange
Microsoft stuff, and go onto SimCoupe.
> Btw, I'm /really/ sorry for flaming Si Owen... Aley had just pissed me
> off a bit by flaming me directly for "not helping" when I had better
> things to do. I'm still a bit annoyed now.
The problem is that I wanted an answer to my question.
And you (although out of time) wrote something
"answer-to-different-quesiton".
And that's I don't like. I don't want you to serve me, but I suppose when
I ask "How much is 2+2?" then "Re: ..." mail will contain "2+2=4" and
nothing
like "I have seen 3+4=7".
That's it. I asked for Sam->PC converter for DOS/Win platform.
And what I've got is PC->Sam converters for Sam.
Also, I've get nearly BMP specification. That's all I don't need.
!!!!!
> I do, however, urge Si Owen to release the code, no matter how buggy or
> incomplete it is. I was under the impression that he was waiting until
> he'd got the basics working first, but he seems to be well past that
> stage, if he's thinking about disk image formats. Have you got any good
> reason not to release it, Si?
>
> If you think that it's incomplete... If we all followed that logic, OSS
> wouldn't exist, ID would never have finished a game, Microsoft would
> never release anything (not that they ever do (joking, Simon)), chip
Micro... :-)))
> manufactures would never finish their designs, and to put it simply,
> nothing would /ever/ be done on time, if at all. I'm just asking you:
> where _exactly_ are you going to draw the line, Si?
>
> Not releasing the source code when developing is something that simply
> isn't done with OSS. Until now, anyway.
> --
> Stuart Brady
>
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