[DECtalk] decTalk 4.4 4.5 and 4.6 as sapi5?

[Isaac]

Also, isn't dectalk still used across the country on Noaa Weather Radio, I 
have heard it recently on several local frequencies?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <Text_to_Speech at GMX.com>
To: "DECtalk" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] decTalk 4.4 4.5 and 4.6 as sapi5?


> On 5/28/2021 5:38 PM, Mohamed Al-Hajamy wrote:
>> Yeah, he may also not necessarily be inclined to let the synth go, if 
>> he's
>> still making money from the Orion TI-84 Plus deal.
>
> Regardless, it's not COSTING him anything to hold onto it.
> But, once the genie is out of the bottle, there's nothing
> he can do to reclaim it!
>
> Microsoft hasn't released the source code for any of their MS-DOS
> versions, any early Windows version, any Office product, etc.  Even
> Internet Explorer -- now officially "discontinued" -- hasn't been
> released.
>
> The PNG image format was developed because the GIF patent holder
> (Unisys) wasn't keen on allowing *their* technology to be used freely.
> Despite it being an ideal format for use on the WWW, they, as
> owners of that IP, just said "no".
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF>
>
> All of these things have some value; hence the reason YOU want to see
> them released.  The owner of the item can decide how much it is worth
> to *him*.  There's nothing you can do to pressure him into selling
> it for any lesser amount (including giving it away).
>
> Find a way to use it clandestinely (or, under the terms of any previous
> license that you have).  If that means you have to stick with older tools
> that it works well with, then so be it.
>
> A firm I worked for produced a half million dollar product.  It used
> a piece of software licensed for $5,000 for *each* copy.  One day,
> they decided not to sell licenses for that version of the software
> any longer; "You can license our NEW version, instead!"
>
> But, the new version would require lots of redesign on our part.
> We couldn't continue to sell our existing product because it
> relied on that $5,000 license -- which was not obtainable.  Sort
> of like needing a part that was no longer being made.  Even though
> they could "make" as many copies of the license (it's just a piece
> of paper!) as they wanted -- they didn't want to make ANY!
>
> <shrug>
>
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