Re: Programmers requested for dictionary
From: | The Gray Wizard <dbell@...> |
Date: | Friday, October 27, 2000, 21:12 |
> From: John Cowan
>
> Irina Rempt wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, John Cowan wrote:
> >
> > > You could run Shoebox for DOS under rundos/FreeDOS, or (maybe) Shoebox
> > > for Windows under WINE.
> >
> > It doesn't work with Wine, or at least it didn't when I last
> > attempted it, about a year ago before Boudewijn had a working version
> > of Kura. It's something about the database functionality that Wine
> > can't handle.
>
> And I can't try it now, because you can't download Shoebox from SIL,
> although it's still legal to pass it on if you have it "for non-commercial
> purposes" (hint, hint).
Is this a new policy? Unfortunately, It seems that I didn't save the
installation zip. Don't know why as I always do. Oh bother. I guess I'll
have to order the CD. What are they charging for this erstwhile freeware?
David