Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:56:46 -0400 From: madodel Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: The State of MR/2 ICE 2007 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Larry Tawa I have purchased all rights and source code for MR/2 ICE for OS/2 and Windows from Nick Knight. All prior official support for MR/2 ICE has now ended. Future development and support for MR/2 ICE for OS/2 and Windows will be donationware maintained on a best efforts basis. What you see is what you get - no commitments, no promises. [Moderator note: MR/2 ICE is a long time Internet Email/News Client for OS/2 and Windows.] Steven Levine is the Chief Technical Officer for MR/2 ICE OS/2 version (unpaid volunteer). We do not have a Windows counterpart at this time (more on this later). We will "pay" you to register MR/2 ICE for OS/2. You donate a minimum of USD $35 for a one year subscription (less than ten cents per day per year) to PetSmart Charities http://www.petsmartcharities.org/ online. You must forward me a copy of the PetSmart Charities email receipt with the headers intact - for your protection, change the street address, credit card information (type, number and expiration date) to say "cat", if applicable; your correct name, city, state, country, zip code or equivalent and donation amount must be intact for registration purposes. Your registration code sent by email for MR/2 ICE for OS/2 allows you upgrades and support for one year on a best efforts basis. A registered version will work forever, regardless of subscription status; without renewal of the annual subscription, an individual will not have access to newer MR/2 ICE versions nor to registered support. Donating more than $35 does not buy you a longer period of registration (eg $350 does not buy you 10 years of upgrades and support). Congratulations you have a legal tax donation because of your PetSmart Charities donation and you are a registered user of MR/2 ICE for OS/2. If you can not afford $35, then you can contribute in the development of MR/2 ICE - I will let Steven explain or you can volunteer at an animal shelter (written proof required). If you need to register more than one copy email me off list and we will work out an arrangement. Why do we have MR/2 ICE for OS/2 designed this way? Simple. The amount of money that will come in from OS/2 registrations will not pay for development. Steven and I are doing this because we enjoy this. Me? I get to help in my own way the development of MR/2 ICE, learn how to run a server and more! And especially to help advance the support for Pets! The MR/2 ICE for OS/2 and Windows mailing lists will continue; Nick has agreed to temporarily host; eventually, the lists will move to the AlphaCat Solutions, Inc. servers. Initially the AlphaCat Solutions, Inc. servers will be hosted by non OS/2 servers until I build a server and learn how to actually manage a server. AlphaCat Solutions, Inc. web site is being developed by a respected company and will be online in the future. On our lists, please treat everyone with respect as if each individual is a Sensei (respected teacher) - the lists are now moderated. The MR/2 ICE Experts list will discontinued. MR/2 ICE will be available on a Time Trial basis which will time out if not registered in sixty days. Remember that upgrades and support are on a best efforts basis; Steven and I both have full time jobs and other interests. We reserve the right if your needs can not be addressed to terminate your license and possibly access to all support including but not limited to the mailing lists and I will personally refund the money you donated (maximum refund of USD $35 per individual, family, or business). I am looking for a programmer to help develop MR/2 ICE for Windows - I have allocated a minimum of USD $5,000 to pay this programmer (with time and software targets tied into pay) - I anticipate the total financial cost to do a refined MR/2 for ICE Windows client to be significantly more. We may switch from a donationware model to shareware model. I want a piece of the Windows email client market. I would like to pay Steven Levine for his services and get my money back out at cost. We reserve the right to change the Terms of Service at anytime. Final interpretation of the Terms of Service is by me. Johnny Cat, Walker Cat, Red Cat, and I, as do Steven, Mark the Cat, Savannah Blue (aka Fluffy), Mia, and Diva (aka Francie Long Tail) hope that you join us on this Grand Adventure. Best Regards. Larry Tawa President AlphaCat Solutions, Inc. 18 March 2007 -- Warpstock 2007 - Where? http://www.warpstock.org Warpstock Europe - http://www.warpstock.net [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. We try to verify details and URLs but this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible. If you respond to this post please remove the DESPAM from the poster's email addresses. Please do not send requests for information about a specific post to the moderator unless it is an update or I sent it.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news your.email.address at here end Or, visit http://www.os2voice.org/MailingLists.html If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org or go to http://www.os2voice.org/fSubNews.html . 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