Re: CiderPress v3.0.0 released

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

On Mar 25, 7:57 pm, Andy McFadden <fad...@fadden.com> 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.

Thanks very much, Andy, for providing such an excellent and versatile
tool,
for maintaining and extending it frequently, and now for making it
open.

It would seem that its acceptance in the Apple II world is virtually
universal!

Way to go!

-michael

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