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 			<div id="topmatter">
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 					<a href="http://www.randomfield.com/programs/typica/"><img src="../icons/appicons/logo96.png" height="96px" width="96px" alt="Typica logo" /></a>
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 					<h1><a href="http://www.randomfield.com/programs/typica/">Typica</a></h1>
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 					<h2>Version 1.6.4</h2>
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 				<p>Ongoing development of Typica is made possible through the
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 				generous financial contributions from the following:</p>
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-				<p>Water Street Coffee Roaster</p>
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 				<p>La Cosecha Coffee Roasters</p>
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-				<p>Anonymous Funders Through
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-				<a href="https://www.gratipay.com/N3Roaster/">Gratipay</a></p>
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+				<p>Pinnacle Coffee Roasting</p>
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+				<p>Water Street Coffee Roaster</p>
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+				<p>Anonymous Funders</p>
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 				<p>Hardware for developing Phidgets 1048 support was provided
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 				by Phidgets, Inc.</p>
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+				<p>Special thanks also to all who have sent bug reports and
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+				feature requests.</p>
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-				<h3>Get Involved</h3>
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-				<p>Typica has reached a point in its development where it can
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-				be considered mature with a feature set appropriate for many
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-				coffee roasting firms. There is, however, considerable variety
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-				among roasting firms in the equipment used, roasting styles,
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-				process traceability requirements, languages understood, and
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-				other preferences. There is also still considerable room for
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-				improvement in many areas. The development of Typica has been
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-				on a budget of approximately $0, but software development is
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-				not without cost. This is especially the case for cross
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-				platform development of software that interfaces with external
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-				hardware. These are some of the things that could be done with
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-				additional funding:
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+				<div class="nextversion">
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+				<div class="nextbanner">
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+					<img src="typica2logo96.png" height="96px" width="96px" alt="Typica 2.0 logo" />
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+					<h1>Preview of the Next Episode</h3>
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+				</div>
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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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 					<ul>
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-						<li>Improve development and testing infrastructure.
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-						This would allow more complete testing of release
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-						candidates on all platforms and greatly increase the
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-						quality and speed at which new releases could be made
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-						available.</li>
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-						<li>Purchase additional measurement devices. Interest
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-						has been expressed in using many types of hardware not
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-						currently supported in Typica. Some of these
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-						suggestions are quite reasonable and the only reason I
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-						am not able to include support for them is simply that
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-						I do not have a sample of the hardware to test my code
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-						against.</li>
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-						<li>Pay for web hosting. While the Internet allows
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-						free software to be distributed cheaply, this is not
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-						without cost.</li>
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-						<li>Allow more development time. As of this writing,
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-						nobody has contributed any improvements to Typica's
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-						program code. This has all been designed and written
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-						by a single person working on it as time is available.
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-						Many of the planned improvements require nothing beyond
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-						time to plan an implementation, to write the program
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-						code, to integrate it with the rest of the program, and
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-						to test that the feature is sound. With sufficient
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-						sustained funding it would be possible to devote more
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-						time to continuing development, resulting in a more
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-						rapid release of features and other improvements to
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-						Typica.</li>
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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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-				</p>
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-				<p>Financial assistance toward these ends can be sent (checks
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-				payable in US dollars preferred) to:</p>
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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 &amp; 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>All who contribute in this way will be thanked in the
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-				Special Thanks section seen above in the next public release,
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-				so please indicate if you would like to be identified by your
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-				name, your company name, or in some other way.</p>
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-				<p>Anonymous funding can also be made through
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-				<a href="https://www.gratipay.com/N3Roaster/">Gratipay</a>. While
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-				it is not possible to verify and recognize those who help
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-				provide funding in this way, the small weekly payments are
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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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+				</div>
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+				</div>
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 				<h3>License Information</h3>
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 				<p>Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
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 				obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation

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