Xtension List EMERGENCY!

[Heather James]

At my end, it appears the last message I got from the ListServe was May 7th.
I work as a technical writer, and I know my employment world changed
radically since COVID became a thing - I did 100% telework for 2 years and
when the last contract ended in Nov, I basically retired.

But what about James? Since Michael set XTension up originally as a
pay-once, use it forever software (basically, hobbyware?), has James has
gotten any significant funding since he took over full responsibilities for
the package. I know with all the changes from Intel based to Mac based
Processors, with Mac's Homekit feature, and all the changes in the OS
functionality, to say nothing of the death of the Insteon tech, it's got to
be a thankless job supporting all that. Alone. Unpaid.

On the XTension Licensing page, there is a comment that folks could "Tithe"
him to help fund the work -
https://machomeautomation.com/doku.php/purchasing
That could be a good start to support him supporting us.

Maybe something like a $60 a year licensing would help out - I know I've
paid more for other utility software I use.
Hopefully, James hasn't gotten to the "fully burned-out" stage of being a
developer - I don't think any of the other automation packages come even
close to this software.

I'm writing James and asking him to restart the listserve -
maybe we can talk about this and encourage him to go forward?
Be gentle, folks...


                Heather James
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> James Sentman                       http://www.PlanetaryGear.org
> http://MacHomeAutomation.com
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