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Hello Bob - At 03:56 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, you wrote: >"Robert C Wittig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > Anyone can peruse the code at any time, and they are not required to > > 'report back' to the distro which provided the code, when they do so. > >"At any time" is may be particulary important to those of us interested >in making maximum use of older systems. Unlike commercial software >development, a "dead" project can be brought back to life so long as >somebody is around who is interested enough to maintain it. It needen't >be "viable" in the commercial sense. There needn't BE the legion of >programmers around to keep something up and going. As the primary contributor (referred to as a 'maintainer') of CoBBS for the Radio Shack Color Computer I've been there, done that. >I think Stephen's BasicLinux is a good example of this. The lone codesmith >can keep things running just fine. I would say that his determination to keep Eznet in the distribution even though more than one person reported difficulties with it also proves that it doesn't always work. Charles.Angelich http:/www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ --=======EA84D9B======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5AD01FF4 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 --=======EA84D9B=======-- To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
