Re: Orphaned software and legal recourse

["Young For Life Products, Ltd" contact@xxxxxxxx]

Me too! I just spent a lot of money and aggravation to say goodbye to
Windows forever, and I have no intention of ever returning. A NB for DOS
that would run on eCS and have full XPL capability and a completely
reprogrammable keyboard - then I would gladly cough up the dough.


----- Original Message -----
From: M. W. Poirier 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 2:43 PM
Subject: RE: Orphaned software and legal recourse


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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Putnam [SMTP:aputnam@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 2:50 PM
> To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Cc: responses@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Orphaned software and legal recourse
>
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>   I think that part of the problem here is that many users of
>   XYWrite are inveterate DOS people, and we have no wish to
>   migrate to a Windows programme, which is what we would
>   have to do were we to migrate to NB at this point. Unless,
>   of course, you plan to market an updated DOS version of
>   NB.
>
>   In addition, I can say that I did purchase the last version of
>   NB for DOS, i.e., 4.5a, ...a very good programme. However,
>   I find it to have one serious limitation, ...it can not handle well
>   large files, i.e, files of over 100, 000 kb to 1.5mb and above
>   bytes. So, if I want to remain with DOS (and I definitely
>   do) I am forced to migrate some of my large files work to
>   XY4, where large files are not a problem. Of course, I still
>   use NB4.5a, and as I said, I like it very much. But Windows
>   NB is no solution for me, and I suspect others as well.
>
>   M.W. Poirier
>
>
> ====================================================
> > > How do we know Nota Bene hasn't already bought the rights?
> > > Anne ? ... ?
> > >
>
> We continue to license the XyWrite source code, and nothing that TTG
> does (or doesn't do) will change that. TTG continues to own the code.
>
> > > Or how do we know they haven't reverted to Dave. Dave ? ... ?
> > >
> > > or to somebody else? ... ?
> >
> > Good points. And even if you got past those, who's going to do
> > the coding ? Dave is now with NB. Someone like Carl or Robert
> > would have to be 1) Interested, 2) Available, & 3) World-class
> > Assembler programmers.  That's asking a lot.
>
> The solution seems obvious. We are interested, available and we have
> world-class assembler programmers.  It's time to get behind Nota Bene!
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Putnam
> President, Nota Bene Associates, Inc.
> aputnam@xxxxxxxx
> www.notabene.com
> 1-800-4NB-ORDER (1-800-462-6733)
> 212-334-0445
> 212-334-0845 (fax)