seedpress opened this issue on Jun 22, 2001 ยท 43 posts
joke posted Sun, 01 July 2001 at 1:37 PM
I forgot to reply why there is no demo available for Susanna. I've always liked the open source concept. I personally hate it when I'm using a program and then I hit a brick wall with a program. That is why Susanna is built with an open source idea in mind. Susanna comes with a program that runs compiled scripts. The source files to the scripts are included and can be modified by the user. A compiler and an interpreter is included. This way even a new feature can be added later by the user. The user won't hit a brick wall! So now that the user gets the script source it is very difficult to implement any demo feature. It just is not feasible. I'd have to criple the program to the point of uselessnes. This "open source" idea is of course aimed at programmer types. The normal user will be happy to use the easy interface and forget the intricate details behind the scenes. But should he/she ever want to change something that option is there. Many also ask why this program costs only about $50. For those I'll be more than happy to sell the program at a higher price ;). And keep in mind this price is an introductory price just like competition's.