[Papyrus-L] What I can, and cannot, tell you...

[Anthony Tolvo]

Dave,

Thanks for your candid response. I still remain a loyal Papyrus user, and
await better news from you regarding a Windows version of your excellent
program.Unfortunately, we all have to gear ourselves towards Windows.
There's no escaping that fact. Years ago, I found a better alternative - it
was called Geoworks. I still have the program. Too bad the Monster ate the
peasant!

Wishing you the best of luck,

Best regards,

Tony Tolvo, Ph.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Goldman, Research Software Design" <dave at rsd.com>
To: <papyrus-l at rsd.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 4:01 PM
Subject: [Papyrus-L] What I can, and cannot, tell you...


> Wow! I am overwhelmed by the recent messages on this list. Thank you all
> for your loyalty and kind words.
>
> Obviously, Papyrus for Windows is a major necessity for both our customers
> and for our company.
>
> I have always tried to be candid about our plans and progress. As I have
> explained in the past, we decided many years ago to do Papyrus for
> Macintosh, and then move that version over to Windows. Unfortunately, it
> took us far longer than we expected to complete the Mac edition of Papyrus
> (in part because we made a huge number of improvements to Papyrus while we
> were at it), and therefore the Windows version has been correspondingly
> delayed.
>
> At this moment, though, I cannot go into detail regarding our progress on
> Papyrus for Windows.
>
> The chief reason for my reticence involves lawyers. I'm hoping that this
> situation -- which has nothing to do with the Windows version of Papyrus,
> nor with the future or the well-being of RSD -- will be resolved soon. But
> for now I'm told that I must limit my comments regarding company plans.
>
> So for now I can only repeat what you have already heard many times: we
> still have quite a bit of work to do on Papyrus for Windows, and we cannot
> yet provide a meaningful estimate of when that work will be completed.
>
> Several of you, both on this mailing list and via private e-mails, have
> offered to provide us with additional funding to help speed our progress.
> Thank you for your creative and generous offers! However, software
> development is always a speculative venture, and at this point I am not
> comfortable with the idea of accepting such financial contributions from
> our customers. We also cannot currently accept any outside funding that
> would result in the funders having any legal claim on the work we create.
>
> I will have more to say once the lawyers have removed their muzzle from
me.
> For now I can only thank you all for your ongoing patience.
>
>
> -- Dave Goldman (dave at rsd.com)              Research Software Design
>    503/796-1368, fax 503-452-8920           617 SW Hume Street
>    The PAPYRUS Bibliography System          Portland OR 97219-4458
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>
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