In the months since
announcing the Odysseus Project, we've received a wide
range of questions and requests. Below are answers to
some of the most commonly asked...
Is Odysseus based on
the Eudora® code base?
No. One of the reasons that Qualcomm® did not release
Eudora® to the open source community, or sell it to
another company, was due to there being a large portion
of licensed code in the Eudora® code base. As the license
holder for that code, Qualcomm® was not in a position to
simply hand that code over to anyone else. That's why
even the Thunderbird®/Eudora® 8 effort being headed up by
the Mozilla Foundation is not based on the original code
base, but is instead an attempt to modify a copy of the
Thunderbird® code base to mimic Eudora®.
Is Odysseus open
source software?
No. Infinity Data Systems, LLC is a commercial software
company. That doesn't mean that we don't offer some
software for free. For example, the SimpleBooks line of
software that we recently acquired is being made
available for free. However, in the case of Odysseus, it
is commercial software.
Is Odysseus
cross-platform?
Yes. Odysseus is being developed with support for Mac OS
X and Windows. We are also working on Linux compatibility
for a future release.
Will my favorite
Eudora® feature be included in
Odysseus?
Most likely. If it's currently in Eudora®, chances are it
will also be in Odysseus. Our goal with 1.0 is to
recreate the most commonly used features, with more and
more of the extremely advanced (and sometimes obscure)
features being added with each update.
How much will
Odysseus cost?
Single User License
$39.95 - This will be for the entire Odysseus 1.x product
cycle.
Upgrade License
$19.95 - This will be for full version releases, such as
going from version 1.x to 2. While we are estimating
major version upgrades every year or so, if they occur in
under a year's time, that upgrade will be free for users
of the previous version.
Will there be options
for Educational or Volume Licensing?
If you would like information on Educational or Volume
Licensing, or would like to discuss upgrading your
current Eudora® Volume License to an Odysseus Volume
License, please contact our Billing
Department.
Can I get Odysseus
cheaper?
Beginning April 15th, 2008 this option is available to
individuals who would like to receive a license to
Odysseus at a discounted price. Anyone who pre-registers
will receive a license (and serial number) to the final
version of Odysseus at approximately half price.
I pre-registered
Odysseus... why haven't I received my serial
number?
If it's been over 12 hours since purchasing, chances are
there has been a filtering issue with the server that
handles your incoming email. Please contact our
Billing
Department so
that we can make sure you receive it.
When will it be
available?
Version 1.0 Beta 1 was released on August 1st. Version
1.0 Final should be available shortly after.