[DECtalk] GitHub DECtalk is really coming along quite nicely

[Don]

If they don't own the technology, then they likely have less of an
understanding of its design.  And, are relying on whatever "rights"
their current license grants them as to how it can be ported.  I.e.,
the owner may not have granted them the right to port it to any
additional platforms.

If they are small, they are looking at the costs of acquiring
an appropriate license (if theirs doesn't allow the new port) as
well as the cost of labor to do the port (easily 1000-2000/day).
And, trying to offset those costs with any additional revenues
that the new port may bring in.

Finally, the "cost of money"; if they have to "carry" these costs
for any period of time before they can see an enhanced income
stream, they will have to borrow that money.  And, if borrowing is
not possible, then they have to dip into any cash reserves or rely
on the "good will" of their employees to extend them credit (work
for free, "on the come")

Larger firms can usually deal with these issues easier.  And, likely
can find a body that isn't 100% utilized to take on some of the work
(cuz he's got to be paid, even if sitting idle)

On 10/16/2022 12:00 PM, Mohamed Al-Hajamy wrote:
> I believe Code Factory is a smaller company. They don't own the synthesizer, it
> was a Nuance (now Cerence) product, and who knows how much they understood the
> codebase, or even if they had a codebase to try and understand.
>
> On 10/16/2022 3:21 AM, Don wrote:
>> On 10/15/2022 7:01 PM, Miguel Villagomez wrote:
>>> It's Eloquence. As you know, Code Factory was not willing to port it to
>>> 64-bit ARM due to low sales, meaning that it remains 32-bit. If the
>>> following article is to be believed, Android will be dropping 32'bit app
>>> support, meaning you won’t be able to install it anymore.
>>
>> Is Code Factory a small shop (limited resources)?  Porting a well-written
>> app isn't a big job -- even to another architecture.  Especially if you
>> *understand* (or own) the technology that you are porting!