Hello Achim > I also own Knipling - nice program but again in a different > price category and not very Mac-like
It runs on windows too. I just mentioned it to explain why I did not try wether "The Gimp" could do something. After buying one of the first versions of Knipling I volunteerd as a beta tester for later versions. I was not very succesful in convincing to improve usability. Way too much and too complex dialogs. > And I think there's no > development for it any more, so if it stops working in any > OSX update we're lost (I just checked on their webpage and > indeed the Mac version is discontinued already). I suppose too few people bought it to pay a serious developers salary. Most software developers need to make a living... I never even considered a comercial version for my Bobbinwork. It isn't half way what I imagined and you can see the estimated costs thus far from the statistics. Estimated by a third party by counting code lines, not includeing the time spent on the user guide what should not be underestimated too. If I would consider to sell Bobbinwork in its current state at the same rates for Knipling, I would need to sell 1800 copies for a break even, just to get a developers salary and not even counting the costs of running a business. I'm afraid the market is not that big. If no one pays nor participates in developing, nothing happens anywhere. I'm not asking to be pitied, I did what I did for other reasons. Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
