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hacker · 09-10-2004, 11:41 AM

Looks good.

Actually though, we DO have commercial support, quite a bit of it in fact. For example, Bluefish Wireless' entire product line was (is?) still based entirely on the Plucker viewer and distiller components. There's an ongoing GPL investigation in that case, but they are one company definately using our components (license violations aside).

The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) also redistributes their ENTIRE HOWTO collection in Plucker format, exclusively. In fact, we're the only mobile version of the content they distribute.

Health Data Management also redistributes their magazine's articles in Plucker format, exclusively.

EyeText also distributes their iNotes to doctors in Plucker format, with a slightly-modified (and rebranded) version of the Plucker viewer.

Palm themselves, even dropped support internally for AvantGo for their employees, and paid at least one member of the Plucker team to get the high-resolution support working better on their up-and-coming (now T-series) devices before they were launched.

We definately have lots of commercial users, traction, and support. The examples above are only a small percentage of the kinds of places using Plucker in their business. Most of what we see is in media, medical and pharmaceutical industry, and academia. The other bulk of redistribution is in the free and semi-commercial space with converted ebooks in Plucker format.

I've just received a call from the Gluten Free Pantry yesterday (my wife is a celiac, and we shop at GFP regularly), and they have agreed to begin redistributing some of their content (their cookbook, for example, which I am building for them) in Plucker format.

The IMDB is another, though we have to license that content from them.. but that will be coming soon as well (commercial download only, of course, due to the expensive licensing).

We probably should make an effort to publicize this a bit more, but we only really hear about it on the back-end, or when these companies contact us for rebranding or to help them through some problems they've seen.

09-10-2004, 11:41 AM	#2
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	Looks good. Actually though, we DO have commercial support, quite a bit of it in fact. For example, Bluefish Wireless' entire product line was (is?) still based entirely on the Plucker viewer and distiller components. There's an ongoing GPL investigation in that case, but they are one company definately using our components (license violations aside). The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) also redistributes their ENTIRE HOWTO collection in Plucker format, exclusively. In fact, we're the only mobile version of the content they distribute. Health Data Management also redistributes their magazine's articles in Plucker format, exclusively. EyeText also distributes their iNotes to doctors in Plucker format, with a slightly-modified (and rebranded) version of the Plucker viewer. Palm themselves, even dropped support internally for AvantGo for their employees, and paid at least one member of the Plucker team to get the high-resolution support working better on their up-and-coming (now T-series) devices before they were launched. We definately have lots of commercial users, traction, and support. The examples above are only a small percentage of the kinds of places using Plucker in their business. Most of what we see is in media, medical and pharmaceutical industry, and academia. The other bulk of redistribution is in the free and semi-commercial space with converted ebooks in Plucker format. I've just received a call from the Gluten Free Pantry yesterday (my wife is a celiac, and we shop at GFP regularly), and they have agreed to begin redistributing some of their content (their cookbook, for example, which I am building for them) in Plucker format. The IMDB is another, though we have to license that content from them.. but that will be coming soon as well (commercial download only, of course, due to the expensive licensing). We probably should make an effort to publicize this a bit more, but we only really hear about it on the back-end, or when these companies contact us for rebranding or to help them through some problems they've seen. Last edited by hacker; 09-10-2004 at 11:48 AM.