I am still working on plex86, and know many others who wish to see this project continue. I am almost done with a partial re-write of the keyboard handler code. I am at work on a new version of the web site, and hope to get it fixed completely soon. Plex86 is still alive. Remember, where there is a will there is a way--and there is most definitely a will here.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Dr. Yasha Karant wrote: > I suppose that this is a silly question, but perhaps someone could > kindly answer it. > > MS Windows will not go away anytime soon, not because of any good features > in MS Windows, but because MS has monopolized the end-user application market > with proprietary format applications -- e.g., a MS Word DOC file does not > properly import/translate into open systems applications on a realiable basis > (e.g., StarOffice, Applixware, WordPerfect, etc.). Moreover, Mr. Gates in > his infinite avarice will not allow his applications to be ported to other > environments (e.g., X windows). > > Thus, one is forced to use MS Windows applications. These applications > can run under three environments: MS Windows native (in control of the > platform), MS Windows in a sandbox (Plex86, VMWare, SoftPC), or MS Windows ABI > emulation (the Wine/Wabi approach). Given that Mr. Gates keeps enough of the > real ABI secret, and changes it often enough, only the first two are viable, > and I only like the second -- MS Win in a sandbox. > > At present, only Plex86 offered us the opportunity to do this without paying > huge amounts of money to the Stanford folks from VMWare -- Plex86 behaved in > a GPL fashion in the interest of the community, not in the interest of greed. > With the dissolution of Plex86, what happens? Who will develop it? Is Sun > wealthy enough to develop as they did StarOffice? If not, chalk another one > up for Mr. Gates. (NO -- I do not have sufficient graduate students to > develop it.) > > Yasha Karant > > > > > I'm sitting here layed off, too. And the only time I donated money to > > MandrakeSoft (so far), it was earmarked for Plex86. This is very sad. I was > > hoping your employment with them would make a huge contribution toward > > running Windows under Linux until Windows could be painlessly amputated from > > my systems. > > > > On Monday 15 October 2001 08:34 am, you wrote: > > > Well, my employment with MandrakeSoft is officially terminated, > > > as a result of layoffs. > > > > > > I have no idea at this point what I'll be doing next, > > > or where my future involvement in plex86 stands. > > > > > > I'm going to entertain many ideas ranging from work on plex86, > > > to moving on to something completely different. > > > > > > If anybody has any serious thoughts, feel free to send them > > > to me at my new email address: > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Though please, if you want to send only sentiments, keep them. > > > Pleasant thoughts are appreciated, but I need to keep email to > > > a minimum of important messages. > > > > > > FWIW, I'm packing really light these days (moving to a foreign > > > country does that to a person), so I can consider moving to many > > > places (ones that are safe for Americans anyways). And honestly, > > > if I go into working on a project in the commercial dimension, > > > something fun would be nice, but I'm going to heavily consider > > > money. > > > > > > Regards, > > > -Kevin > > > > |^^^ | | |^^| |^^^ Drew Northup, N1XIM |^^| | |^^^ \ / /^^\ /^^~ |__ | | | | | |__| | |___ \/ |__| |__ | | | | | | www.plex86.org | | | /\ | | | \ ___| |__| |__| |___ web.syr.edu/~suoc/ | |___ |___ / \ __/ __/
