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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:05:35 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: whois package
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 03:47:59PM -0500, Jonathan Kamens wrote:
>>  From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw AT staff DOT crosswalk DOT com>
>>  Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:22:40 -0500
>>  
>>  I got a couple of notes last week from Chris and Jonathan Kamens suggesting
>>  bw-whois as the package of choice, but no pro or con list.
>
>Well, I gave you some pros and cons, but they focused on meta-issues
>rather than on the actual functionality of the two packages.  I
>personally think it's easier to maintain a Perl script than a compiled
>program, and I don't consider the ability to run in a "stripped down
>cygwin" is terribly important, but I can see that other people might,
>which is why I dropped the argument :-).
>
>I doubt the functionality of bw-whois is so different from the GNU
>package you mentioned that it makes much of a difference which one you
>choose.  So if you're willing to do the work, and you'd rather
>maintain the GNU version, I think you should go for it.

That's a 100% ditto from me.

cgf