/dream on what if they open the source code kaya? /dream off are they ready for it?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 06:44:59PM -0800, Enrique A Suarez wrote: >> Hello Marvin: >> >> I am not a techie. Just a plain technology journalist.With regard to your query, I >think I may disappoint you if I say that Edsamail will most likely never support >LINUX. >> The reason: Microsoft is an investor in the company that developed >> this > >Someone who is once again spreading these lies that have been disavowed >by Brian Bacquiran and other people who actually do the work of getting >Edsamail to run. As I recall, Brian stated categorically than Microsoft >did not and does not now have a stake in Edsamail. I believe there was >a thread here late last year about this thing, and Brian himself stated >that the reason why Edsamail had no support for platforms other than >Windows was that it was simply too expensive for them to maintain and >support this extra software. They once had a version that ran on Palm >computing devices but had to discontinue it because they simply did not >have the resources to do the inevitable maintenance and support such >released software would have. Any version for Linux would have the same >problems. And no, I believe Edsamail's business model totally precludes >it from becoming open source and farming out support and maintenance to >the community. > >Well, yes, you are right that it is unlikely that Edsamail will ever >have Linux versions. But not because of MS. > >-- >Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 >Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 >http://dido.ph.inter.net/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 > Heute die Welt und Morgen das Sonnensystem! >_ >Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph >To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ www.edsamail.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
