Re: [BLACKBOX] April 18 , 2014 deadline for Windows 7 fixes

From: [at]} <Chris>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:38:46 +0930

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlackBox [mailto:BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Skulski
> Sent: Saturday, 27 July 2013 1:09 PM
> To: BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Subject: Re: [BLACKBOX] April 18 , 2014 deadline for Windows 7 fixes
>
> We should not complain that BB is not too well integrated with the rest of
> Windows, .NET or whatever, because it was in fact its original goal. BB
> was a great achievement because it fulfilled its original design
> objectives. The question that we need to ask is whether these original
> objectives are still valid? Do we still need a relatively simple
> productivity environment that keeps all the bloatware away? If the answer
> is positive then BB is worth keeping alive under Windows 7 and its future
> successors.
>

I agree it is worth keeping alive - the question is 'how much is it worth'?

Having extensive experience in the real costs of delivering
production-quality software tools I estimate it would cost in the order of
$US 20,000 - $30,000 to get a professional, fully documented,
quality-controlled, 32-bit release of 1.6 (final) out the door.

It might be possible to get Oms interested in that sort of proposal. If the
community is able to raise that sort of money it might have some chance of
happening ...

Regards,

Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com

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