Maarten Huizinga has sent word that he's released
MidiWorks, the midi sequencer based on his DMStudio software, as freeware. You can get your copy from his website,
http://cellar.orac.nl/mw/.
Even more interesting are his comments on Oregan in general and
Oregano in particular. Choice examples include "
I saw programmers come and go, in search of more reliable jobs. Oregan never was keen to pay anybody... the company released Oregano which incorporated copy[righted] modules they have never paid me for.". And on
Oregano: "
The project was a disaster from the start...".
Heady stuff, and one wonders how long the web page will be available. So go get your copy of MidiWorks while you can folks!
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Free MidiWorks - and info on Oregano |
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(10:13 15/10/2001)
Andrew C. Poole (10:15 15/10/2001)
Richard Goodwin (11:32 15/10/2001)
Richard Goodwin (11:47 15/10/2001)
Andrew Weston (12:55 15/10/2001)
Chris Williams (18:04 15/10/2001)
Joseph Heenan (18:46 17/10/2001)
Richard Goodwin (13:19 22/10/2001)
Gary Hughes (15:54 22/10/2001)
Adam Weishaupt (22:12 25/11/2001)
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Anonymous Coward |
Message #89197, posted at 10:13, 15/10/2001 |
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Bad things about Oregan? Who is suprised?
Look at Oregan's history in the Acorn market.
I've heard the exact same comments from another Oregan ex-programmer.
Are we doomed?
No, because WebsterXL 2 will save the day. Yeah, right...
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Andrew C. Poole |
Message #89198, posted at 10:15, 15/10/2001, in reply to message #89197 |
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Could this be the reason that we havent seen Oregano2 yet? |
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Richard Goodwin |
Message #89199, posted at 11:32, 15/10/2001, in reply to message #89198 |
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My money's still on Fresco ;) |
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Richard Goodwin |
Message #89200, posted at 11:47, 15/10/2001, in reply to message #89199 |
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I have to admit that I've heard stuff about Oregan before - I knew the guys who used to do games for them, how long ago is that? - but I thought actually putting something so strongly worded on his website was worthy of note. |
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Andrew Weston |
Message #89201, posted at 12:55, 15/10/2001, in reply to message #89200 |
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I understand he was not the only person to be roughly handled by Oregan. |
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Chris Williams |
Message #89202, posted at 18:04, 15/10/2001, in reply to message #89201 |
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Hey Rich, this is where you add the little 'we take no responsibility for any external links..' ;)
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Joseph Heenan |
Message #89203, posted at 18:46, 17/10/2001, in reply to message #89202 |
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Before speculating on any relation to the lateness of Oregano 2, you should note that there's no reference to *when* Maarten left Oregan.
Also, Oregan Developments [who do midiworks] & Oregan Networks [who do Oregano] are not the same company, although some staff did previously work for Oregan Developments (like Maarten). |
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Richard Goodwin |
Message #89204, posted at 13:19, 22/10/2001, in reply to message #89203 |
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It would appear from his comments that the two companies are closely enough related to re-use code when it suits them. |
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Gary Hughes |
Message #89205, posted at 15:54, 22/10/2001, in reply to message #89204 |
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It appears that Maarten has made his point as you can no longer download !MidiWorks - luckily I made it within the window of opportunity. Verdict : not as good as !Anthem in dealing with some Midi files but I think I like its interface more. |
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Adam Weishaupt |
Message #89206, posted at 22:12, 25/11/2001, in reply to message #89205 |
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Any news on the Oregan issue? I've noticed ProSound and Cineworks have also been thrown into the Public Domain... what's going on? |
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