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Wojtek,
BlackBox 1.5 BETA was the beginning of a new product life-cycle. By
publishing the entire source code together with the associated license,
Oberon microsystems provided the base for an open source project. Up
till now the BlackBox community did not organize a "community-type"
project on top of this foundation. This situation is not completely
unexpected: such things certainly take their time and maybe also sheer
luck.
We definitely see some interest in Linux and 64-bit architectures. We
welcome and support initiatives aiming towards this direction by
providing technology transfer. However, since our current business focus
lies in other areas, we will not be able to actively participate unless
substantial funding is available (> 100'000$).
All this being said, there is actually one single item on our roadmap:
maintaining a very stable and reliable, and thus conservative, version
of BlackBox that we are using ourselves for our custom software
development projects. It looks like one release per year seems
reasonable. Our focus is clearly on stability, reliability, and
efficiency but not on new features. These are the qualities we rely on
the most, and we hope that most developers, students, and teachers in
the community also can profit from this asset.
with best regards
Marc,
Oberon microsystems AG
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy> Behalf Of skulski{([at]})nowhere.xy> Sent: Dienstag, 13. September 2005 22:08
> To: Blackbox
> Subject: [BlackBox] - - Blackbox 1.5 final?
>
>
> Marc:
>
> any plans to move further with BB development, such as
> 64-bit Windows or Linux? Does "final" mean the end of the
> product life-cycle?
>
> Providing some sort of a roadmap is a common thing in
> industry. So what is the roadmap in this case?
>
> W
>
> > we decided today that BlackBox 1.5 will be released sometime before
> > Christmas 2005.
> >
> > Except for some minor corrections it will consist of the
> same software
> > and license as BlackBox 1.5 BETA.
> >
> > with best regards
> > Marc,
> > Oberon microsystems, Inc.
>
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