01-07-2007, 06:01 PM
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#23 (permalink)
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"Doc O'Leary" <droleary.usenet@1q2007.subsume.com> wrote in message
news:droleary.usenet-E92C82.15010206012007@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...
> In article <63Enh.143$Bz5.5@newsfe05.lga>,
> "GaryG" <sorrynoemail@NOSPAMX.com> wrote:
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> > "Doc O'Leary" <droleary.usenet@1q2007.subsume.com> wrote in message
> >
news:droleary.usenet-207B9A.13493405012007@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...
> > > In article <oUjnh.2276$yY7.1648@newsfe04.lga>,
> > > "GaryG" <sorrynoemail@NOSPAMX.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > For those who are interested, you can download a free, fully
functional,
> > > > 30-day trial version of CycliStats from the website
> > >
> > > Doesn't function at all for me. Next time, at least say it's
> > > Windows-only.
> >
> > The system requirements are listed on the download page.
>
> I saw. I would just have liked some indication of that in your post so
> I wouldn't have to bother going to a site that is useless to me.
Sorry I cost a couple of clicks out of your life.
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> > What's your OS? Newer Macs are capable of running Windows apps, and I
have
> > several customers who are running the program that way..
>
> While Apple hardware can run Windows, Mac OS X cannot run your app as
> far as I know. I really hope you're not suggesting that your program is
> so awesome that to buy it people should also pay even more for a ****ty
> OS and reboot every time they run it.
Depending on the emulator, rebooting's not necessary. As for the
"awesomeness" of CycliStats, the Mac users' I've talked to have agreed that
it's a really nice piece of software (better than anything available for the
Mac OS according to the folks I've talked to).
As for paying even more for Windows - I suspect the Mac users who are
running CycliStats didn't purchase a Windows emulator just for CycliStats.
Most likely, they've chosen to have Windows available on their Macs in order
to take advantage of some of the thousands of useful, easy-to-use programs
that are available on Windows (and now, finally, available for the Mac).
FWIW, I would love to provide a Mac version of CycliStats, but the program
is a part-time labor of love, and I just don't have the time to dedicate to
such a small market segment (especially now that the Windows-on-Mac option
is becoming available, and PC's have gotten so cheap). I have a full-time
job, a girlfriend, and a bike to ride, so finding the time to do a Mac port
is just not in the cards (when I researched it a few years ago, I estimated
that it would be at least 1000 hours of work).
> I haven't tried Wine, so maybe
> Linux can do it better; mention it if that is the case. Regardless, all
> I was asking was for some actual technical details in the middle of the
> marketing.
Oh...Linux. <irony mode=on>Well, on that platform you should easily be able
to find one of the many free open source alternatives.<irony mode=off>
Seriously, I have no idea whether or not CycliStats would run under Wine.
Based on what I've heard about the stability of Windows programs running
under Wine, I would not be optimistic...but it might be worth a shot.
~_-*
....G/ \G
http://www.CycliStats.com
CycliStats - Software for Cyclists
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