Re: DeskTracker's back...

[sbennett@gnh-starport.cts.com (Stephen Bennett)]

rwifall@nmsu.edu (Richard J Wifall) writes:
>         Ian has changed his mind and decided that I can once again
> distribute his code with my finder extension..  I appreciate the help
> offered by various members of the GS community.  I also would like to
> say that it was equally frightening that only one person mailed me
> regarding it who was not a developer of apple software...   It seems
> the only people interested in supporting the GS these days are the
> people that actually program on it..  I guess I would have realized
> that before if I had really thought about it.  and people complain
> about why the GS doesn't have many people developing for it..  Oh
> well..
 
<sigh>  This is both to you and to the gentleman who developed the DOS 3.3
loader (John MacLean, I believe...  forgive me if that's inaccurate...)

I support GS programs (and all Apple II programs, for that matter!) as much as
possible...  but there are some that I either simply don't have a use for, or
B) I may think are nifty, but I don't have the time/memory/disk space/pick
something to use...  While I may still pick up some software I think is really
outstanding even if I don't need it, I don't have enough money to do much of
that...  maybe one day I'll get an inheritance from an uncle I didn't know I
had, and be able to give more support of that nature, but I don't anticipate
it...  The problem right now being that I don't use MODs or DOS 3.3 programs...

That being the case, as much as I dislike to see an Apple program go by the
wayside, in your case, there wasn't anything I could do to help with the code
shortage problem (but I'm glad is remedied -- Thanks Ian!), so there wasn't
much point in me writing just to fill your mailbox saying "Gee, I wish I could
do something, but I can't".  Only developers might be able to do something for
you...

*Don't* get discouraged if you don't get a lot of feedback on stuff like
this...  there will be *lots* of people that any given item does not apply to,
and of the ones it *does* apply to, most won't write anyway, from lack of
time, lack of interest, etc.  Even folks that (heresy!) don't read
comp.sys.apple2!  :)

There are lots of folks who are really interested in keeping the Apple II
alive -- that's why The Alliance is doing so well...

Remember that, and don't get discouraged from lack of feedback on stuff, eh?
:)
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