Thanks, Gary, for defending me, but Khaled's point is well taken. The
bottom line, though, is that I am ONE PERSON - X-Port 1 and 2 for Mac,
Windows, and Newton, were developed entirely by me - there is no staff to
which I can hand this off.
This is purely a practical matter, and the facts are that I can't afford
to spend time on a Newton project right now. I have already invested
heavily in this project, mainly to license all of the code necessary to
convert between the sound formats. I have received approximately two offers
of help, none with any substantive Newton experience. What I'd really like
is to have a group of motivated developers take over the project, with
guidance and tech support from me. Due to licensing issues, I have to
retain control over the sound conversion code, but I would be happy to turn
over development of the rest of the code to a qualified developer.
Dan
> From: "Gary Moody" <gmoody@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:33:35 PST
> To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> Subject: Re: NTLK Photoshow and XPort
>
> Hi Khaled,
>
> Okay, let's back the truck up here for a second. Dan Rowley, who is an
> active member of this group, *never* promised a timeline on XPort 3.0, or
> even if it would be released. He said that if he could squeeze it in, he
> would.
>
> He has publically asked for help on the project because he would like it
> produced as much as anyone else with few, if any, helpful volunteers.
>
> I'm an XPort 2.0 user, and I *love* it for what it does. I would like 3.0
> to be released too. But, Dan must make a living and Newton programming has
> become a hobby for everyone...there are no huge profits in it for anyone.
>
> So, to reiterate, if anyone can or wants to help with this killer project,
> this was Dan's email in May:
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Dan Rowley" <dan@Newts.com>
> To: newtontalk@esosoft.com
> Subject: Ntlk Programmers - collaboration?
> Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 10:46:30 -0700
>
> For any Newton programmers still lurking on the list...
>
> It's becoming increasingly clear to me that my schedule is not going to
> permit me the time I need to finish X-Port 3.0 any time soon -- not, at
> least, if I have to do it all myself. Are there any Newton programmers out
> there interested in a collaborative effort? I'm envisioning a joint
> development effort, starting with my code as a base, and employing some kind
> of revenue sharing/royalty scheme for the collaborator(s). I need one or
> more experienced programmers with experience on one or more of the supported
> platforms (Newton, Macintosh, Windows). Any takers? Serious inquiries
> only, please, to dan@newts.com.
>
> To answer what I imagine will be one of the first questions to come up,
> there are various hairy licensing issues that prevent me from doing any kind
> of public open source project. All development will have to take place
> privately under NDA.
> --
> Dan Rowley
> Innovative Computer Solutions
> Developers of fine software for Newton, Windows CE, Palm Computing Platform,
> Windows, and MacOS
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Khaled Tewfik" <khaledt@earthlink.net>
> To: Post to NTLK <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
> Subject: Re: NTLK Photoshow and XPort
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:47:18 +0300
>
> <snip>
> I was disappointed, however, with Xport developer who did not keep his word
> for Xport 3.0 even though the Newton Community had passed his Xport
> challenge and expressed commitment for supporting Xport 2 :(
> <snip>
>
> Khaled Tewfik,
> Saudi Arabia
>
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