Beyond planmaker?

[francisco]

What products, if you can comment, do you think softmaker may do after Planmaker has been done?

Some ideas
* Mail application.
* Desktop publishing (or enhance textmaker with more DTP functions)
* Image editing

[Tobias-L]

At the end of the year there will be a new version of TextMaker (2004) and a new software called DataMaker (2004), which is a database software.

[derek_harding]

Will DataMaker interoperate with, say, MySQL?
One of the drawbacks I experience is not having a clean database interface between PlanMaker/TextMaker and an SQL database.
Or have I missed something?

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Derek

[martin-k]

DataMaker will work with any reasonably complete ODBC driver. If you have MyODBC, this combo should indeed work.

[erika]

What happened to PresentationMaker (2004)?

[martin-k]

What happened to PresentationMaker (2004)?

Good question. Presentation graphics is not an announced product, and that's about all I can say at this point.

[PF_J]

I just posted this question at another thread, but maybe here it is more
Appropriate:
What about PlanMaker for Zaurus?
At the moment there is no good working sheet software for the Sharp Zaurus on the market.

[martin-k]

I just posted this question at another thread, but maybe here it is more
Appropriate:
What about PlanMaker for Zaurus?
At the moment there is no good working sheet software for the Sharp Zaurus on the market.

We haven't decided yet whether to publish PlanMaker for Zaurus. The decision depends on the success of TextMaker for Zaurus in the marketplace.

[erika]

Will we be able to redistribute forms and applications to others if we develop forms and applications with DataMaker (2004)? I mean as a runtime engine as in the case of Access and Paradox. Or do we have to pay royalty for each launcher.

Will DataMaker (2004) support Linux and PostGreSQL?

[martin-k]

Will we be able to redistribute forms and applications to others if we develop forms and applications with DataMaker (2004)? I mean as a runtime engine as in the case of Access and Paradox. Or do we have to pay royalty for each launcher.

Will DataMaker (2004) support Linux and PostGreSQL?

Currently, we are targeting DataMaker as an end user-oriented database. If DataMaker turns into a full-fledged development system over time, I think it makes only sense to offer redistributable runtimes. But we are not there yet.

The first release of DataMaker is for Windows, then we port to other platforms. If you have ODBC drivers for your database, you can use the database with DataMaker.

[PF_J]

I just posted this question at another thread, but maybe here it is more
Appropriate:
What about PlanMaker for Zaurus?
At the moment there is no good working sheet software for the Sharp Zaurus on the market.

We haven't decided yet whether to publish PlanMaker for Zaurus. The decision depends on the success of TextMaker for Zaurus in the marketplace.

So we better start promoting TextMaker for Zaurus in the Zaurus community then

[martin-k]

I just posted this question at another thread, but maybe here it is more
Appropriate:
What about PlanMaker for Zaurus?
At the moment there is no good working sheet software for the Sharp Zaurus on the market.

We haven't decided yet whether to publish PlanMaker for Zaurus. The decision depends on the success of TextMaker for Zaurus in the marketplace.

So we better start promoting TextMaker for Zaurus in the Zaurus community then

Might be a good idea...

[PF_J]

OK, I bought TextMaker for Zaurus and I've promoted TextMaker for Zaurus at several PDA sites.

I did my part, now it's up to you guys.

[hgilbert]

I know this is extremely challenging.
But there is no real / good SVG editor for Linux.
And Corel Draw keeps coming with more unstable versions supporting less and less platforms (they pulled out of Windows 98 / ME / NT and Mac OS)

Because softmaker's application are all pretty cute shiny lightweight and minimal
a svg editor woud look dashing.

even if it aims to be like corel draw 8/9 - that would still be fantastic.
sparking a lot of genuine interest.

of course i cant fathom how unbelievable difficult it might be the programming
but you all have some experience as the object drawings functionality
present in Planmaker are very SVG-editor like

An model-diagram only application (like Visio) or a presentation like Powerpoint
will be met with a lot of competing products at least on the Linux platform.

But again - there is nothing remotelly as good as Corel Draw for Linux.

[martin-k]

I know this is extremely challenging.
But there is no real / good SVG editor for Linux.
And Corel Draw keeps coming with more unstable versions supporting less and less platforms (they pulled out of Windows 98 / ME / NT and Mac OS)

Because softmaker's application are all pretty cute shiny lightweight and minimal
a svg editor woud look dashing.

even if it aims to be like corel draw 8/9 - that would still be fantastic.
sparking a lot of genuine interest.

of course i cant fathom how unbelievable difficult it might be the programming
but you all have some experience as the object drawings functionality
present in Planmaker are very SVG-editor like

An model-diagram only application (like Visio) or a presentation like Powerpoint
will be met with a lot of competing products at least on the Linux platform.

But again - there is nothing remotelly as good as Corel Draw for Linux.

A full-fledged illustration program, while certainly an attractive addition to our product palette, is far beyond what we have the manpower for to develop at the moment. Your best bet is that we will extend presentation graphics over time to reach into that area.