Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:
my open-source effort failed to attract any programmers. so it's dead in the water. (oh, and here's a hint, marcello: if you see me issuing a _press_release_, it's likely a joke,
Let me get this straight: 1. 14 Feb 2003: You announce you will code an open source ebook reader. 2. 19 Oct 2004: You have nothing to show. 3. You retroactively declare the announcement to be a joke. 4. You think that did save your face. Think again.
bowerbird: 14 Feb 2003 press release bowerbird further indicated that he is fully confident that the effort would bear fruit quickly, since he has previously programmed a wide variety of electronic-book applications.
bowerbird: 19 Oct 2004 but yeah, no programmers = no open-source program...
So you admit you were lying to the press as you told them you were confident you could pull off this thing because you were such a good programmer yourself.
meanwhile, my own individual viewer-program is fine! did i mention that i'm now getting the beta-test going? you can subscribe! zml_talk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Yeah. I heard from one of your beta-testers: "Rancid pudding".
Or are you going back on that?
many open-source proposals never get off the ground.
So you just switched to closed source. Why should I be even remotely interested in a reader that: - is closed source - uses a proprietary non-standard file format - has got "rancid pudding" as best review to date? If I wanted that, minus the bad review, I would take the Micro$oft Reader, which is ready and working today. -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org