Ken,
This is NOT what I said.
First, Windows is a stable O/S, much more stable than dos. In my previous
life, I wrote Operating System code for The Software Link, on the
Multiuser/Multitasking version of DOS called PC-MOS. From that experience,
and my time with Microsoft and my friends at Microsoft, I do know that both
the 9X and NT based versions of Windows are much better code than DOS ever
was.
Second, the goal would have been to create a functionality equivalent of
TRLog for the Windows O/S. While some features would be changed (i.e
networking, etc), it would just take time to have a full featured version.
The reason we didn't proceed with the project is that after I compiled the
results of the survey, most users wanted a DOS version of TRLog that worked
well under Windows. Many of the users didn't want to pay one dime for the
Windows upgrade, even though I was going to invest over $100,000 to do it.
Also, Tree would have gotten a royalty and W4SCO (owner of Log Windows) would
have gotten a royalty from each sale (as they should), so I didn't see any
way to repay the investment or even look at making a profit, if the current
userbase wanted the Windows version for free or didn't want it all.
And if any if you think that there is a profit in writing ham software, you
may want to rethink you assumptions. :) The ham market is such a tiny
market, even as compared to hobby markets like Stage Magic and woodworking.
Rick - W4PC
In a message dated 10/15/2001 9:48:27 AM Central Daylight Time,
kharker@cs.utexas.edu writes:
> The proposed port of TR Log to Windows would have been done by W4PC and
> others at Creative Services Software - not by Tree. W4PC did a little
> research and concluded that TR Log users would not be likely to switch
> from a stable, feature-rich product on a real-time OS to something that
> (at least for a while would be) a developing, feature-poor product on an
> unstable OS. You could argue that a better market to target would be
> those who are not already invested in TR Log, but nonetheless, that's
> why W4PC claims to have dropped the project.
>
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