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Originally Posted by varlog
If you want latest and greatest you take Ubuntu/Fedora. Only *relay* on applys - and that not quite at the moment. And Sigil is (still!) a proof that open source project could be awesome.
@Hitch
The Linux lives as open source project because a lot of competing vendors see advantage to use and improve it. Is similar model in your field impossible?
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Hi, Varlog:
I suspect not. Most of my "competitors" are using insta-programs like Jutoh, or AWP, or are uploading Word files that have been cleaned at NookPress and KDP. I just don't see a large enough commercial market for Sigil if, say, 20-30 largish commercial supporters don't step up and commit to $X annually to keep it going. And I don't think that means only $100 or even $500 each. I don't think most people have any idea what it takes to support coding. (I'm talking about someone nearly half-time, to keep up with the requests for everything that gets whacked around in here, as an OS project--not talking what I'd need for a forked version, supported by me for my company only).
John and the other guys have done yeoman's jobs...but again, nobody is going to do that for nothing forever. That's a reality of life.
Just my $.02. Yes, Sigil as-is will live on our servers for a long, long time...but as Albert knows, the market changes constantly. As little as a year ago, we didn't need some of what we need now. Some things--as small as DC: categories, can cause an ePUB to die at Lulu, for example (e.g., the Creator meta, instead of author). These things are easy to fix with Sigil, harder with other programs. I don't particularly want to use something else or to do most of this crap by hand, myself, and I promise my staff doesn't.
Hitch