On: 06 Oct 03  22:33:45 Bo Simonsen wrote to Roger Scudder:

 >  >>  RS>  Yes, that and JoHo's JAM... but I decided to do my own
 >  >>  RS> msgbase.

 >  >> :-( Most Fidonet developers do that.. I'm nearly the only one, who
 >  >> did write a independent product, which decided to use JAM and
 >  >> Squish (Oh well, depends of the API) ..

 >  RS>  I think there are many fidonet programs that support several bases.

 > Yes, Tools from the husky project supports 3 msgbases, Interecho
supports even more.

 Ah yes, our friends, the Russians (a.k.a. the other side, if your in to
old American spy stories) have taken Fidonet as their own, and done it
proud.  I sure am glad those fellows made binkd.

 > Well imho should *.MSG be standard.

 In a way it is... I mean, if you take FTS-0001 seriously (and you best
take it seriously, along with FTC-0039).  The problem with .MSG, as I am
sure you know, is that it is not an efficient way to manage a large number
of messages.

 >  >>  >> Is there difference of using QT at Linux or Windows?
 >  >>  RS>  Yes, the license for Windows is out of my budget...  I'm not
 >  >>  RS> saying it expensive...  it is probably a fair price...  just
 >  >>  RS> more than I can afford.  ;-)
 >  >> .. and it's free on Linux? Kinda wierd..
 >  RS> Yes.  I don't know the details, but that is basically it.  They may
 >  RS> require fees if the Linux product is intended for commercial use.  I
 >  RS> don't want to give out bad info, so please check the site if you want
 >  RS> to know for sure.

 > Okay, but it's is commercial use? Would you be selling the point system?

Wow... you've got me selling it already!   

If I ever do decide to make it available to the public I will not charge a
dime for it.  That is why I intend to use wxWindows... it is free on both
platforms I want to target.  

Please keep in mind that my intentions are not to produce the latest and
greatest product X.  I just want to enjoy myself with it.  If my goal was
to distribute, I would probably want to get one or two other programmers
involved so as to speed up the process (thoughts of The Mythical Man Month
dance merrily though the caverns of my memories).

 >  >>  RS>  Digital Mars Compiler...  #if defined (__DMC__)  etc...

 >  RS> It supports 16bit DOS and Windows,
 >  RS> 32bit DOS, Win32s, and Win32.  It is free to download, though I
 >  RS> suggest people purchase the CD to show support for Walter's efforts.
 >  RS> He is only charging $25.00 USD.

 > Okay, that's quite cheep.

When you purchase the CD you get the Extended Utility Package which is not
available for download and sells for $15.00 USD.  You also get the IDDE (an
IDE) and the resource editor (needed for Windows GUI development) and the
debugger. 

About these last three things... it seems that many people are unhappy with
the resource editor because it is not compatable with Microsoft's resource
editor.  The debugger is not bad, though a couple of very good debuggers
are available for free from Microsoft in the Debug SDK.  The IDDE is handy,
though it is not in the same class the the MSVS IDE...  but then real
programmers use make (right?) :-)

-Roger

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