Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 15:43:49 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, Bob Willcox <bob@pmr.com>, hackers list <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? Message-ID: <199905102243.PAA01781@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 May 1999 16:39:20 MDT." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905101637410.27392-100000@lambic.physics.montana.edu>
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> >> Does anybody know the status of this? www.cdrom.com is saying it is > >> scheduled for mid-November and taking pre-orders. Seems its been in > >> this state for quite awhile. What year are they refering to? > > > >When I asked them about 2 weeks ago, they said mid November. Of 2000. > > This is getting out of hand. It's pretty clear none of us understand > what's up behind the scenes on this, because I'd swear the thing could > have been written from scratch in less time than this port is going to > take. You're correct, you don't. But since the last time I looked there was over a GB of data in the Applixware source tree, no, I doubt very much that it could have been written in that timeframe. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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