>So let's do a "straw pole" to establish who
>here is willing to "PAY" for an upgrade to
>Fractint?
Well, I would be willing to pay for an upgrade, but I don't think that's the
main problem.
First of all, I think it's more of a problem with time rather than money.
Anybody with the skill to rewrite Fractint probably already has a full-time,
well-paying programming job. I don't think the job of rewriting Fractint can be
done in any reasonable length of time by somebody (or even more than one person)
working part-time in the evening. And I don't think anybody is going to quit
their full-time job to do it as it is doubtful they would make much money with
shareware revenue.
Secondly, and more important to me, is that Fractint is open source. I believe
in the open source concept, *not* because it allows me to get free software, but
because of all the other advantages it has. In fact, it would probably violate
the copyright to turn Fractint into shareware. I doubt if Tim would allow it.
Nick
