RE: XyWrite and C (in the 21st century)

[Brian.Henderson@xxxxxxxx]

My original thoughts about an Open Source XyWrite, long before talk
about the actual source code, revolved around writing something new.

I thought, we already have the example of an app, that's not like
anything else available, with attributes that we consider valuable, and
which we believe would be even more valuable if updated to a modern
form. Having a template like that is a good basis to start from. There
must be someone who would be interested building a modern version.

The real trouble is that it's only us True Believers that have any
interest in such a project, and there doesn't seem to be any among us
with the right abilities. Nor, I think, could any of us "finish" the
mythical 32-bit version even if we were able to get it,
free and clear.

It would take Deep True Believers to re-invent a XyWrite wheel, and ones
with the right abilities are pretty unlikely to come along. There is,
though, a small but real possibility of bringing Xy into the 21st
century with the aforementioned "Unicorn Version". I'm sure that a
strong case made to the right crowd would find some interest. At the
very least, there's always plenty of (White Hat) just-for-the-hell-of-it
hackers out in the wild.

-BH


-----Original Message----- From: russurquhart1@xxxxxxxx


An open source project could only happen if the legitimate owner of the
source code made that code available and designated it as "Open Source".

Anyone else trying to do that, might open themselve to legal action.

While it's debatable what the outcomes of Open Sourcing Xywrite would
be, IMO best case might see improved functionality if not also more
cross platform support. Worst case would only be what we have now, which

isn't bad either.

Russ

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Bill Troop wrote:

> There is a little talk every now and then that the latest versions of
> XyWrite were primarily in C. Is there the smallest chance the source
> code could ever form the basis for a project within the huge
> open-source community?