Hello,
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001, 19:41:22 GMT
Cerebus the Ardvark, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 09:40 8/31/2001 -0700, Edward Salm wrote:
>>So let people download an old, problem ridden version, let them get
>>frustrated, then have to search for a way to fix it. Later they finally find
>>out that they need to ask for the newer version.
>>
>>Talk about making it difficult!
>>
>>I understand that is the way we have been doing things, I am trying to point
>>a better way! Nearly every one who downloads 1.7 winds up needing 1.8.
>
>I dunno about that. A lot of people using SIMS are using it on internal
>networks to handle internal email, or to process email that has already hit
>a previous server. As such, 1.7 is fine. Only people that have SIMS
>actually exposed directly to the Internet need the features in 1.8.
>
>But Stalker has a policy of not making the beta versions available via the
>web (the betas are in the ftp) and they only make the dev version avaialble
>on request. It's their policy.
In its current state SIMS is not ready for a final release (I mean 1.8 final) - the
major task for the final released would be updating the documentation.
Worse, not all features implemented into the current beta (1.8b9) are activated, since
they affect the core of the application (the router module) and are not yet debugged
thoroughly. That's why the current beta is not available via ftp yet.
All this caused by a catastrophical lack of time I can spend on SIMS development. If
there were some initiative group ready to take over SIMS development, keeping its
freeware status, I could try to persuade my managers open SIMSsources, at least under
some NDA. We all would benefitfom that.
Best regards,
Dmitry Akindinov
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