Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
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JT & All: Just spent an enjoyable hour surfing this site that I really ought to visit more often. One of the postings inquired as to who might have worked on the original programing for SK (Starfish, et.al.) Another reply referred to the inability to find the original programming code(s).
I wonder if the SK/Starfish program rights are available? If so, it appears there are many many users of the various SK versions that might be willing to contribue a small sum (Read very small here!) to aquire the rights and then place them in public domain. I am certainly not a programmer. However, some of the contributors to this site appear to be very talented.
Might we look into the possibiltiy that this program could be made "Public"
I wonder if the SK/Starfish program rights are available? If so, it appears there are many many users of the various SK versions that might be willing to contribue a small sum (Read very small here!) to aquire the rights and then place them in public domain. I am certainly not a programmer. However, some of the contributors to this site appear to be very talented.
Might we look into the possibiltiy that this program could be made "Public"
RE: Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
I have been using SK since the 80's and feel it is the best pim out
RE: Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
RE: Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
Sidekick went on to become the TrueSync Desktop, which came as part of the data cable accessory with Motorola phones and the Startac Clip-On Organizer for many years. Unfortunately, the TS Desktop also has the 2005 limitation on To-Dos, but it's probably a much less buggy product. (unfortunately one of the great ways of eliminating bugs was eliminating features... so it has far fewer features than SK 99 even...)
As to the rights... probably still owned by Motorola, with an outside chance of being owned by Intellisync. In truth, if you want an open-sourced Sidekick, I'd recommend rewriting it. Building something to read the SK database format would be the hardest part... but use another DB to store it.
RE: Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
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RE: Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
Ref the last question from Zoltan, that was always the case see:
FAQ807-5231
Which I Posted: 23 Jun 04 (Edited 26 Oct 04).
Regards Jim
Check the FAQ area of this Forum for answers (If there are any FAQs!) , it could save you a lot of time and effort!
RE: Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
RE: Who Owns SK *.* Rights Now?
After looking up the FAQ on this I see that I am experiencing the same problem as others. If a fix can be provided as Jim suggested in the FAQ that would be great. I can stand the strange "to do" response - even tho' a major nuisance.
I wonder what else in SK98 will break in the future?
WDane