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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 22:11:13 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: soapbox - was: press for cygwin
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On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 12:57:07AM +0100, James Youngman wrote:
>Tim Baggett <tim AT acca DOT nmsu DOT edu> writes:
>>I see the problem on the list as a potential to kill this great
>>project.
>
>No, the only thing that has a realistic chance of killing the project
>is if the principal developers don't have enough time to work on the
>project, and nobody steps into the gap.

Either that or we lose interest.  Same effect, I guess.

Luckily the prospect of pounding on sow's ears until they take on
the aspect of a silk purse when viewed from a 5 watt bulb stills
holds some allure to me.

cgf

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