[Textures] The future of Textures

[Paolo Matteucci]

Great news, indeed! :-)

I cannot offer qualified technical assistance at a software development
level, either, I’m afraid (my coding background being mainly in scientific
programming and web development), but I too am willing to pay a *reasonable
*amount of money to keep Textures alive.

Best wishes,

Paolo


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Dr Paolo N.I.D. Matteucci, MSc, PhD
http://www.achyra.org/matteucci/
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2013/6/27 Emilio Faro <efaro at dma.uvigo.es>

> I think these are great news!
>
> I cannot offer qualified technical assistance at a software development
> level, but as I have previously written, I am willing to pay some
> reasonable amount to keep Textures alive and, if possible, to complete its
> development, including the implementation of some of the old features which
> are still missing (e.g. LaTeX mode option).
>
> Emilio Faro.
> University of Vigo,
> Spain
>
> On 27/06/2013, at 11:56, Reinhard Diestel wrote:
>
> > Dr Allegra Smith, widow of the late Barry Smith, creator of Textures,
> has now replied to my original post in the TeX StackExchange forum, and
> following this we have established personal contact. This looks very
> promising for Textures as far as personal commitment from her side is
> concerned. However, things should obviously be handled with the utmost care
> and sensitivity.
> >
> > In particular, we should let her choose with whom she would like to look
> into these things. She has named someone, a trusted friend and long-term
> companion to Barry Smith (as I understand it, also in Textures matters)
> whom she has suggested I might wish to meet if I were to represent any
> group of individuals interested in keeping Textures alive. I have agreed to
> this, and a first meeting has been loosely scheduled for September.
> >
> > In order that this may remain a broad effort of all those interested in
> a future of Textures, please let me know if you'd like to join it. Would
> you like and be able to...
> >
> > - offer qualified technical assistance at a software development level,
> or do you know qualified people who could do this? (The quality of any
> future edition of Textures is something close to her heart, so this is a
> serious point.)
> >
> > - offer a financial contribution should there be a joint effort to buy
> the rights collectively?
> >
> > I have also suggested to Allegra Smith that we should try to involve the
> TUG, which she herself mentioned. We might also look towards learned
> societies, such as the AMS, for support - both financially and in terms of
> advice on how to bring something into the public domain if even when it
> involves non-negligable costs.
> >
> > I look forward to hearing from you,
> > Reinhard Diestel
> >
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