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<h1>Thank you for downloading Typica.</h1>
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<p>Your download from:</p>
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-<p><a href="http://www.randomfield.com/programs/typica/1.6/Typica-1.6.2.dmg">http://www.randomfield.com/programs/typica/1.6/Typica-1.6.2.dmg</a></p>
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+<p><a href="http://www.randomfield.com/programs/typica/1.6/Typica-1.6.4.dmg">http://www.randomfield.com/programs/typica/1.6/Typica-1.6.4.dmg</a></p>
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<p>should begin automatically. If it does not,
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please click the above link.</p>
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-<h2>Please Consider a Financial Contribution</h2>
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-<p>I originally wrote Typica to help me with my work as a coffee roaster, to
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-help me be more efficient, make fewer mistakes, and have faster access to the
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-data I was generating so that I could make better business decisions. Typica
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-has succeeded fantastically in these goals and I hope you find that it helps
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-you in these areas as well. Typica was made free and open source not with the
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-hope that others would contribute code (as of this writing nobody has), but to
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-get this tool into the hands of as many professional coffee roasters as
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-possible. This opens up lines of communication where I learn about the needs of
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-other organizations in the industry and results in bug reports, feature
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-requests, and questions that help me identify where Typica could be easier to
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-use. All of these help make Typica a better tool for everybody. While Typica is
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-free and will remain so, ongoing development and distribution of the software
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-is not without cost. Making a financial contribution can help offset these
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-costs and allows me to consider features that I would not be able to subsidize
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-myself.</p>
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-<p>Any funding beyond the minimum required to cover costs such as web hosting
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-and development infrastructure maintenance (things like replacement parts
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-on computers that build the Typica binaries) can be used for several purposes.
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-This could be used to acquire samples of hardware so Typica can support more
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-types of data acquisition hardware. It could be used to upgrade development
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-infrastructure to make getting new releases out faster and easier. With enough
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-funding I could even hire someone to pick up some of the development work.
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-There are many features that I think we would all like to see in Typica that I
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-simply have not had the time to develop. Additional funding can help with
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-this.</p>
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-<p>You can make a small (as little as a quarter but larger gifts are also
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-appreciated) weekly recurring gift through
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-<a href="https://www.gittip.com/N3Roaster">Gittip</a>. This sort of stable
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-ongoing base funding allows for better planning of expenses.</p>
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-<p><script data-gittip-username="N3Roaster"
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-src="https://www.gittip.com/assets/widgets/0002.js">
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-</script></p>
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-<p>If you're a Flattr user you can Flattr Typica with the button below.</p>
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-<script id='fb6rvp5'>(function(i){var f,s=document.getElementById(i);f=document.createElement('iframe');f.src='http://api.flattr.com/button/view/?uid=N3Roaster&url='+encodeURIComponent(document.URL);f.title='Flattr';f.height=62;f.width=55;f.style.borderWidth=0;s.parentNode.insertBefore(f,s);})('fb6rvp5');</script>
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-<p>Another option is mailing a check payable to Neal Wilson to:<br />
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-<div><span>Neal Wilson</span><br />
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-<span>c/o Wilson's Coffee & Tea</span><br />
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-<span>3306 Washington Ave.</span><br />
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-<span>Racine, WI 53405</span><br />
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-<span>USA</span></div><br />
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-<p>This option is better suited to larger one time contributions. People or
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-businesses who choose this option and send at least $100 have the option to be
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-credited in the About Typica window in new releases for one year from
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-receiving this contribution. Please include a note on how you would like that
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-credit to appear.</p>
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+<h2>Please Help Support Ongoing Development</h2>
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+<p>This will likely be one of the last releases in the 1.x
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+series. Typica 1.0 was released in 2007 and I've learned a
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+lot from developing this, using it, and having conversations
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+with others about how they're using this. While there is the
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+possibility of further improvements, I believe Typica has
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+reached a point of maturity with a feature set appropriate for
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+many coffee roasting firms.</p>
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+<p>There is a large set of features and extensions that I have
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+avoided implementing because the changes would have been too
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+intrusive for the code base as it currently exists, but that
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+feature set has become too compelling for me to leave undone.
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+I am, therefore, attempting to spend as much time as I can on
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+the development of Typica 2.0. This removes many of the legacy
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+considerations and modernizes the tools and techniques used. I
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+hope that the result is a better and more broadly useful Typica
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+that can be maintained for another several years.</p>
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+<p>While Typica is free and will continue to be made freely
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+available complete with all source code, there are still costs
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+associated with ongoing development and keeping the software
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+available. Some of the costs include:
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+ <li>Obtaining and maintaining hardware appropriate for
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+ building and testing new releases</li>
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+ <li>Building and maintaining test rigs for various
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+ types of data acquisition hardware</li>
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+ <li>Maintaining the ability to test on new operating
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+ system releases</li>
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+ <li>Hosting service</li>
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+ </ul>
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+There is also a huge commitment of time in developing, testing,
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+and supporting this.</p>
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+<p>Financial support to date does not come close to covering
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+these costs, nor has it been enough that I could consider
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+hiring people to improve the pace and quality of ongoing
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+development. This is fine. I have no intention of halting work
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+on the project as my work has benefitted greatly from having
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+this software and I expect even greater benefit from the next
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+major release. Personally I find the new feature set exciting
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+to work on and am willing to cover funding shortfalls when I
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+can afford to do so.</p>
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+<p>That said, if you're finding this software to be useful in
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+your business, if you've had a good support experience, or if
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+you'd like to help me continue to develop this software, please
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+consider providing some financial support to:</p>
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+<p>Neal Wilson<br />
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+c/o Wilson's Coffee & Tea<br />
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+3306 Washington Ave.<br />
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+Racine, WI 53405<br />
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+USA</p>
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+<p>Another great way to help Typica right now is to reach out
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+to your professional colleagues and let them know that you're
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+using Typica and what you like about it.</p>
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<p>Please note that I am unable to accept money through PayPal.</p>
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Neal Wilson
9 years ago
