Pagestream for OS4 Announced with Special Offer

[takemehomegrandma]

This is interesting!

What are the changes in the OS4 specific release, except from the PPC (and BTW, how much of it is PPC native now)?

I use Pagestream 68k on MorphOS, and I am quite happy with it. The $40 upgrade offer to the PPC version looks really interesting. But I will of course only consider that if it has been tested and works OK on MorphOS ...

So:
A list of all the changes in the new PPC would be nice.
Information about whether it works on MorphOS or not would be nice too.

[takemehomegrandma]

@ Kronos

"Advance copies of PageStream 4.1 AmigaPPC are available now, but we will continue to stay in step with improvements to OS4."

[takemehomegrandma]

@ lempkee et al

I don't really understand the rude tone here, I only asked some really simple questions! You see, I am a registered Pagestream user, and I like the program very much. However, I only use it on my Pegasos/MorphOS since my old A1200 is too outdated in both features and performance. It's definitely usable as 68k, but at least partial PPC native code would be nice, hence my questions (what the major differences are there from the 68k version for the OS3.x API, and if the PPC OS4 version runs on Pegasos/MorphOS aswell).

Since they will still be developing the 68k version in the future too, with the OS3.x API, my guess is that the differences won't be too big. Because of convenience reasons if nothing else. The hardest (and the most important) work should be to port it to PPC, and now that seems to be done.

Well, I know that we are some users that are very happy with both Grasshopper and the Pagestream software on Pegasos/MorphOS. Personally I know 5 people among my closer friends (me included) that would easily be buying a $40 PPC upgrade and use it *today*. But of course we would want to know if we can use it before we place our orders. I only requested some more information! Quite fair, huh?

However, I am quite confident in that Grasshopper will support us in the future the way we have supported them, and that they will release a MorphOS PPC version very soon. It should be easy, now when the hardes parts are done. When AWeb was released as open source, it was up and running in a PPC native MorphOS version in a matter of hours (a "first try" version, in a matter of days in a stable version).

Pagestream allready works on MorphOS, and now there is PPC too, just put those pieces together and a lot of current and future customers will be happy!
:-)

[takemehomegrandma]

@ jump2bnaked

That was actually a really good idea! :-)

[takemehomegrandma]

i was'nt attacking you i was just pointing out why it doesnt say mos in this news item , and as you allready should know , there is a seperate vote/poll for that system/os, and obviously not enough has regged there yet (unless you got an email from them today).

I got an e-mail with the same info as on the webpage. Regarding the survey, from the text on that page I got the impression that they were going to make the 68k/OS4 PPC anyway, but they would consider making versions for other OS'es as well.

there is no point in dooing software if a simple thing as a poll wont work...or ?

that was the only thing i was pointing out and as i wrote abit later in the other posts, i am pretty confident that they will support mos if there is a REAL number of people who is interested in buying it and as you might remeber from the poll is that it asked for the non upgrade option aswell as upgrade (the key was needed if you wanted upgrade).

I am sure they will make a MorphOS version soon too, not doing so would not be very sensible. I mean how long would it take, now when they got a PPC OS4 version ready? An afternoon? A few days? A week?

However, I am a little puzzled regarding their priority of the order. I mean, OK, currently there couldn't be *that* many Pagestream users on MorphOS (in a SW company's eyes), but at least Grasshopper have a lot more customers running their software on MorphOS than on OS4. But they choose to release an upgrade that noone can use(?), for an operating system that is not available, instead of supporting their current customers that actually are running their software on PPC hardware today. But that is of course not my call ...

there has been enough rubbish polls/votes lately and that i think you are pretty aware of , anyway lets wait and see and lets see if grasshopper llc really will suppport a growing market or wait.

Well, it seems to be their strategy to expand on the niche markets. The competition on the mainstream platforms are probably quite hard.

sorry if i attacked you , but i didnt ..it was just that its an Aos4 thread and the word mos had to be pulled into it and that is getting very annoying when os4 aint tolerated in mos threads.

Oh, OK. I looked at it as a *Pagestream* thread! ;-)

[takemehomegrandma]

@ Deron Kazmaier

Thank you for your posts, and thank you for a fine piece of software aswell! :-)

Regarding the number of users on the platforms, it will be interesting to see how the numbers for both of them developes during the coming three months or so ...

Anyway, it's good to see that you stand above the "OS wars" and focus on your own product instead, and that you will bring it to your customers wherever they are.  Pagestream is a great piece of software, and I am hoping for a release of a PPC native MorphOS version in a near future! :-)

Thanks!