Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 You can use the current Windows version in VirtualPC for the Mac. There will be NO Mac version. Folio Corp does not support the Mac any longer. Thank you. Ys Ek At 11:41 PM 9/9/2004 +0200, you wrote: > > > > > > > I am in need of the bhaktivedanta vedabase to run on my apple mac > > > > computer. > > > > > > Me too. For OSX. > > > > > > ysbmd > > > > There is no Vedabase version for Mac, for the 2003.1 edition. > >Will there be a Mac version? More and more devotees seem to use Macs. > >ysbmd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Bhaktivedanta.Archives.Forum (AT) pamho (DOT) net We're sorry to promulgate, but the Bhaktivedanta Archives simply doesn't have the resources, nor the man-power for this rather extensive undertaking. Besides the Mac market for the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase is much too small to fully justify this kind of endeavor. Ramakanta's suggestion to develop for version 3.1 is somewhat viable, however the software will not run in system 10. System 9 will be history soon, so there is really no point spending that extra time, and it's precious time we don't have for this purpose. Plus outdated coding and compatibility problems would certainly arise in the process. NXT, as already researched in previous years and considered feasible to implement on the web is absolutely out of our league, costing Mega Dollars, $40K+. Conversion to XML is certainly worth looking into, but we would need professional volunteer help to do this. There are also issues associated with this approach to be deliberated. That brings us back to running VirtualPC on the Mac, by which Mac users can take full advantage of running the current Bhaktivedanta VedaBase version now. Granted it's performance is somewhat slower as compared to a standard PC, but for those fired-up and dedicated Mac Bhaktivedanta VedaBase users who might possibly be troubled by performance lag, etc, purchasing an inexpensive PC would certainly be a justifiable option, ...for preaching of course. Ys Ek At 07:00 AM 9/11/2004 +0200, BMD wrote: > > > There will be NO Mac version. > > > > > > Folio Corp does not support the Mac any longer. > > > > But don't you still have the Folio program version 3.x that runs on > > the Mac? Can't you create a Vedabase for the Mac by using Folio 3 with > > the texts that are in the 2003.1 edition? > >Another possibility: > >Prepare the infobase for browser access, and put that on a DVD for all >your Mac customers, or just make the XML infobase available on the net. > >http://www.nextpage.com/publishing/folio/folio-xml.htm > >explains it all. > > >ysbmd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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