Re: CiderPress v3.0.0 released

["Glenn Jones" <glenn.jones@a2central.com.remove-ksx-this>]

 To: Andy McFadden
Andy McFadden wrote:
> CiderPress v3.0.0 has been released, with two minor updates.
>
> - Thanks to some help from Jason Andersen, DreamGrafix images are now
>   supported.
> - I removed the shareware registration screens.  CiderPress is now free.
>
>
> I want to thank the 270 people who felt my efforts were sufficiently
> useful to warrant registration.  I've had a lot of fun working on it
> over the years, and knowing that my work is appreciated helps immensely.
> It's hard to believe the first version of CiderPress shipped four years
> ago this month.  It seems like just yesterday.
>
> I will, of course, continue to support it.  It's become clear over the
> past year or so that I don't really have the time to do meaningful
> development anymore, however, so I've decided to open things up a bit.
>
> The complete source code for CiderPress is now available for download,
> under a standard BSD open-source license.  The full Windows app and some
> simple command-line utilities for Linux are included.
>
>   Windows executable: http://www.faddensoftware.com/CiderPress300.zip
>   Source code: http://www.faddensoftware.com/CiderPressSrc300.zip
>
> With luck I haven't omitted anything essential.  I hope to have a
> SourceForge repository set up soon.
>
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Andy, thanks again for making a great utility for us Apple2 fans.

While I think it's awesome you decided to open source the code, I am 
sorry we won't see more cool Ciderpress features directly from you ...
Hopefully you can still offer guidance to anyone that takes up the torch ...

All the best

Glenn
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