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Re: IDL Shareware [message #18573 is a reply to message #18571]

Wed, 12 January 2000 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Ronn Kling (ronn@rlkling.com) writes:

> Anyway, I would appreciate opinions on why getting this shareware idea
> off the ground is do difficult.

I think it is partly because the idea of cross-platform
compatibility, when it comes to IDL programs having anything
but the most basic functionality, is a cruel myth. :-(

To take just one painful example, the recent program I
offered this week, runs like a champ on my machines
(Windows NT and Windows 98), but I don't think it has
run at all on most other machines. It is either too big
to fit on the screen, starts up with Floating Divide by
Zero errors (!!!), produces phantom events, doesn't
look like mine (bad OpenGL implementations in the
graphics cards, usually), or simple window resizing
causes complete and utter havoc. In a word, it looks
like shit. Who would pay for it?

I'm so discouraged I'm thinking about going back to
writing books. At least there you only have to have
theoretical expertise. :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. Let's just say that if becoming an expert involves
running into and overcoming problems, that I have made
a hell of a lot of head-way this week.

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
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