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09-21-2003, 05:19 AM
I'm using Pelican Software's Notepad Deluxe for EPOC. As i remember, there was also an earlier SIBO version (version for Series3x). Am i right? And is there any chance to find it? Pelican Software says that they are no longer selling software for Psion computers :(.

Please feel free to contact me via ezh (@) smtp.ru if you can help me in my search.

Thank you.
MikeMcC
09-21-2003, 05:53 AM
There was indeed a Series 3 version of Notepad written by Mark Esposito which was shareware, unlike the EPOC version which ended up as a commercial program through Purple Software.

The only place I can think of is in the CompuServe Palmtop forum library, if anyone with a CompuServe account can have a look for you. Mark was one of the forum staff at the time it was put in the library.
PhilAP
09-27-2003, 12:06 PM
Hi,

I had a short correspondence with Mark Esposito a while ago but now he seems to have effectively vanished. Certainly he was not sure that 'illicit' registering of current applications was actually illegal under either American or British law. Partly for his reasons neither am I though morally I definitely agree that such registration is wrong.

But he was very clear about one thing - his SIBO applications were effectively free. He sent me a registration code for his alarm software (though I no longer use that software and have lost the code too - and I approached him with an offer to pay). I imagine that now also applies to his EPOC software as he has withdrawn it from the commercial market and is himself no longer a Psion user. Of course I don't pretend to know.

He neither published codes nor rewrote his programs but that probably reflects his leaving the platform - it's certainly not due to any ill-will. I don't use Notepad myself on either my EPOC or SIBO machines and probably never will as I neither want nor need it.

I'm not saying his software is 'fair game' but I personally doubt he'd object to anyone's using his software without paying now. And I'm certainly not saying that any other person's software should be treated the same way.