[Papyrus-L] Important Papyrus news

[Prof D M Hadley]

I am devastated!


I would certainly support some sort of users cooperative to try and help
Dave (or raise funding if that is the problem)

Hopefully yours,

Donald.






At 06:02 12/10/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>Dave and fellow Papyrus users,
>
>I am saddened by the news that Research Software Design will no longer
>pursue a Windows-based product.  Someone on this list a while ago
>suggested that the programmers among us unite to help Dave in realising
>such a goal.
>
>Dave, correct me if I'm wrong but at the time you were unable to respond
>positively to this suggestion.  Given your current situation and what I
>assume has been a considerable expenditure of effort, would you consider
>revisiting this idea -- assuming members are still willing to become
>involved?  I am no "gun" programmer in terms of flash things but, given
>the time availability, I would be willing to make a contribution.
>
>An alternative platform could be Linux.  This does not have to mean that
>you open-source your product, but rather the gui interface or character
>interface.  Hopefully the basic "engine" logic is contained within a
>library which could be linked to the character / gui frontend.
>
>I have recently had to install several copies of my University's choice
>(EndNote) and while it's a fine product -- and has become much better over
>time -- I still prefer the "lean and hungry" nature of Papyrus!  Does
>anyone else feel this way -- that Papyrus is worth developing
>further?  Fingers crossed.
>
>Greetings from Australia!
>Denis
>
>
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Prof Donald M Hadley
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Institute of Neurological Sciences
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