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Re: FinalWriter bounty?
« on: October 04, 2012, 09:30:32 AM »
I am afraid Woody is expecting too much for the Source Code for Final Writer.  Maybe he does not realize how much the Amiga community has decreased over the last 10 years.

I supported Woody fully when Softwood was still supporting the Amiga with new releases, as I purchased Final Copy, Final Copy II, and every version of Final Writer from beginning to end, including the Windows version of Final Writer, plus I also purchased Final Data and Final Calc and the updates for them as well.  I just don't think the Source Code for Final Writer is worth that much money any more and I wish he would let it go for less money than he apparently is asking for it still.  As Senex stated over on the MZ.org thread, Woody does not even own all of Final Writer Sources, because parts of it were licensed, such as the Speller, and maybe the Grammar portions of it.

I really like Final Writer, but I think if we are all going to put money into a bounty for a good word processor, we should concentrate on a more modern word processor program that will support more import and export formats and allow us to interact with documents from main stream word processing and DTP programs on all platforms.  Like Open Office did and what ever the correct spelling is for it's successor (Libre Office???)
How are you helping the Amiga community? :)