Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 21:55:00 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Another access disablement?
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On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Jim Lefavour wrote:

> > On Wed, 5 Feb 1997 Bjorn DOT Simonsen AT student DOT uib DOT no wrote:
> > Oh I hope not, I've been deciphering enough weird formats lately
> [snip]
> > BIG files, just so long as I can understand them!
> 
> Definitely ditto... the worst I'd want to see is Adobe acrobat (not a 
> bad format, but I already had to download the HUGE file for the 
> reader, so I'm ready for that.)

I DL'ed it too, and after reading up about the program, ditched it without
even opening it because it wouldn't allow saving the files in TEXT format.
Heck, I _don't_ mind cutting and pasting, I'd just rather not.

> While we're talking about formats, is Caldera going to be putting out 
> the source as is (Many Compilers) or are we talking about trying to 
> minimize that to possibly two compilers / assemblers?

Patience, my pretty, patience.