In spite of what I said above, I do think that if a programmer ceases support of a product they should either make an unprotected full version available for distribution or else co…

Yeah! Quit yer whinin' and get codin' Click to expand... The last time I did that, a computer howled in pain. And that was just six lines of code.

I have noticed very little "free" software for my newtons, most of it is shareware. Click to expand... How much software have you written and distributed for free? Click to …

This is a subject that has been picking at me for some time. I have noticed very little "free" software for my newtons, most of it is shareware. What is worse is the limitations th…

I have noticed very little "free" software for my newtons, most of it is shareware. Click to expand... How much software have you written and distributed for free?

They walk a very fine line in the current state as well. They need to prevent piracy and create funds to continue such niche software. But the moment they go under or are not utili…

Personally you can either track down the original developer through the internet and get the software registered, or just pirate it. I don't think developers are greedy pigs, if t…

You mean iSerial doesn't help?

That isn't a problem limited to the Newton. The Amiga shares it. MS-DOS shares it. In a sense, I would argue that our sense of entitlement is a form of greed. Though, on the wh…

Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Click to expand... ... and so began the quest of Richard Stahlman for free software. I doubt if many of those newton developers still …

This is a subject that has been picking at me for some time. I have noticed very little "free" software for my newtons, most of it is shareware. What is worse is the limitations th…

This thread isn't going anywhere... it's pretty much dead. I was proved incorrect... now isn't there a different thread for ShapeShifter benchmarks?

on my current machine there is no noticable lag whatsoever. on my previous one (G4800 / 640) the lag when launching an app was noticable.

Quote: Originally Posted by goMac You could maybe do something with fs_usage, I'm not sure. Without making a parser for that it would be a horribly long process to find…

Quote: Originally Posted by Tick Does anyone have any substantial proof as to what gomac or Rosyna are saying? Statistics on resource usage while shape shifter/other unsanity pr…

The bickering between the unsanity crowd and gomac continues to make me giggle, but I will digress. Does anyone have any substantial proof as to what gomac or Rosyna are saying? S…

Quote: Originally Posted by Rosyna goMac, do *not* assume to know how SS is doing it. You know what they say about people that assume things. If you're looking in a list o…

goMac, do *not* assume to know how SS is doing it. You know what they say about people that assume things.

in my use, shapeshifter/mightymouse/fruitmenu...slow down my mac...a bit. if i run a test user account without ape, things are a little faster. still...not worth giving them up! i…

Quote: Originally Posted by Rosyna btw, Shapeshifter's open doodad is constant time. No O business at all. If you're reading a plist to find a match for a file you no long…

btw, Shapeshifter's open doodad is constant time. No O business at all.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin It's a speed hit I can notice considerably. The same with Kaleidoscope back in the day. Are you sure that's what you're noticing? When wa…

It's a speed hit I can notice considerably. The same with Kaleidoscope back in the day.

Quote: Originally Posted by nooon Does this apply for all APEs or just Shapeshifter? It depends entirely on how the author wrote that APE module.

Quote: Originally Posted by Blacktiger Actually, if you want to be technical. From a computer science standpoint, doubling and tripleing are merely big-omega(2 or 3)... and sinc…