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

[Bicknell, David]

Dear Dave

Thanks for that candid but muzzled reply.

Good luck with the lawyers and the Papyrus developments.

Regards
Dave B

David Bicknell
Senior Development Officer
Farm Forestry and Revegetation Project
Manager, Salinity Networks and Communication of Information Project
Agriculture Western Australia
10 Doney Street
Narrogin WA 6312
P 08 9881 0222; F 08 9881 1950; Mobile 0417 900 284


> ----------
> From: 	Dave Goldman, Research Software Design[SMTP:dave at rsd.com]
> Reply To: 	papyrus-l at rsd.com
> Sent: 	Friday, 9 March 2001 5:01 AM
> To: 	papyrus-l at rsd.com
> 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
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