[Papyrus-L] Pap vs. others and where's Dave?

[Markku Karkama]

Dave,

having observed the discussion on this list, it appears to me that Papyrus
is better than most or all of the corresponding products on the market.
Furthermore, many of the users would be willing to invest in the further
development of Papyrus. However, as stated below, you do not recommend
sending money.

Without being any expert in business, I anyhow ask whether RSD could
arrange a new issue of shares to gather capital for developing a Win
version? Those being ready to take the risk could join the company.

Secondly, it seems to me that abandoning MacApp would be the only
reasonable choice since there will be no support for MacApp.

Markku Karkama
Ph.D. (Education), Deck Officer
Head of Training Unit,
University of Turku, Centre for Maritime Studies
Finland


You wrote:
>
>- Can Papyrus users send money to Research Software Design to fund further
>development?
>
>I'm afraid that this doesn't appear practical to me. We'd be talking
>funding the salaries of at least a couple of senior programmers for at
>least a year. That's a lot of money. And I would not be comfortable with
>accepting such funds when I cannot guarantee the successful completion of
>the project -- both because of the nature of software projects in general,
>and because of possible MacApp licensing difficulties with Apple.
>Abandoning MacApp is a possibility, but that would add significantly more
>time to the project.