thanks for the kind remarks based on a few comment a clarification is in order
in this statement AST means AST+UWIN -- UWIN will not fall by the wayside, at least not as long as dgk and I have friends and family with windows machines that need periodic fumigation: > Both dgk and gsf will continue to work on AST software, and might actually have more time > (at least in the short run) to focus on it. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Glenn Fowler <glenn.s.fow...@gmail.com>wrote: > As has been pointed out several times on the AST and UWIN lists, AT&T > gives very little support to OpenSouce software, which is why we have so > few people involved with our rather large collection of AST software. In > spite of this, ksh, nmake, vczip, UWIN and other AST tools continue to be > used in several AT&T projects. > > It turns out that software isn't the only thing lacking support: both dgk > (AT&T fellow, 36 years of service) and gsf (AT&T fellow, 29 years of > service) have been terminated, effective October 10. Our third major > partner, Phong Vo (AT&T fellow, 32 years of service), left a few months ago > for Google. The UWIN maintainer, Jeff Fellin, is still with AT&T and > provides UWIN support for some critical operations. > > Both dgk and gsf will continue to work on AST software, and might actually > have more time (at least in the short run) to focus on it. > > The download site and mail groups will remain within AT&T for at least the > next several months. Our AT&T colleague, dr.ek, AST user and bug detector, > will maintain the site. We have secured the astopen.org domain and are > investigating non-AT&T hosting options, including a repository with bug > tracking. > > The process of change will take time; the patience of the user community > will be greatly appreciated. Its quite a shock to have 3 weeks to plan > personal, career, and hacking futures after working in an environment that > has essentially been stable for almost 30 years. The user groups will be > informed as plans solidify. > > New email: > > dgk dgk...@gmail.com > gsf glenn.s.fow...@gmail.com > > Switch over to these soon: AT&T does not forward email of former employees. > > Thanks > -dgk > -gsf >
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