Message-Id: <199901221849.KAA28088@avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: From: "Chris R. Evans" CC: , , , Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:49:49 +0800 X-Mailer: Net-Tamer 1.11.2 Unregistered Subject: RE: Sad news.... (fwd) X-Mailer: Mozilla/1.2 (compatible; MYREADER/2.65g.19990113.r68; DOS/6.22) X-Offline-reader: Mozilla/1.2 (compatible; MYREADER/2.65g.19990113.r68; DOS/6.22) X-Machine-specifications: CPU/80386; RAM/07678K Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:31:00 -0000 (GMT) X-posting-date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:31:00.67 -0000 (GMT) {00991Q} Organization: DM Software, ltd. X-where-is-we-be: 121.0 West, 37.0 North (estimate) Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com saddens me they didnt do a real good one - two IMO ugh damn people have no creativity. I volunteer to take on the GEM and any other DR etc source codes to further develope them.... let me know.. i will if i get them in my hands will put me up for d/l somewhere like xoom or something. forward to me whats it take to do that ... code piracy? O:-) hehe i didnt say that above of pricay !! honest O:) hmm a GEM shell N-T intergration.... ideas do abound. -tkp [http://members.xoom.com/teknopuppy] -On 01/22/1999, Travis Siegel < tuned the radio for [SURVPC] Sad ne- ---[quoted material follows]--- T> T>While it's sad for some, this could indeed be the start of something T>extremely interesting on the survivor pc front, enjoy. T>Sorry for quoting headers in full, but just want folks to know the message T>is a legitamate one. T> T>---------- Forwarded message ---------- T>Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:35:14 -0800 T>From: Gene Buckle T>Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com T>To: caldera-opendos AT rim DOT caldera DOT com, opendos AT delorie DOT com T>Subject: Sad news.... T> T> T>It has recently come to my attention that the Caldera European T>Development Center where all of the DR-DOS & Webspyder development took T>place, is closing down. With this closure, the last of the original T>Digital Research employees are finally cast to the winds. No reasons T>were given. Frankly, this sickens me. T> T>Will the last one out of England please turn out the lights? T> T>I'm going to do what I can to get the GEM sources in my possesion T>released as Open Source. T>My understanding is that GEM is stone cold dead from Caldera's point of T>view, so maybe this will happen. If it does, prepare for about 12 megs T>of joy at a website near you. :) T> T>..g. ---[end quoted material]------- --- Go FORTH and C PASCAL play COBOL with an APL. *** MYREADER v.2.65g.19990113.r68; Made for Net-Tamer.