An additional relevant point:
I think Duncan Booth's name at least ought to be considered when
discussing the $ split. He wrote the first version of primenet server
and client; Scott Kurowski continued from the starting point that
Duncan provided. I suspect that Scott has considerably more total effort
invested, but part of that is as a business venture.
At 11:46 AM 1999/07/25 +0100, you wrote:
>[Not in reply to any specific message - no names, no pack drill]
>
>Hey, guys, surely we don't want a war over this?
>
>Here are a few relevant points:
>
...
>If anyone really wants to start testing 10 million digit Mersenne
>numbers now, I would at least urge them to obtain exponents from
>George, in order to prevent unneccessary duplication of effort. [If
>George can't be bothered, I'll volunteer to do this task!]
Hear, hear.
The above point also applies to exponents below the 10-million-digit mark.
ALL exponents should be checked out.
Ken
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