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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: g++ shared library segfaults
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 12:20:03 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <17926.863236776@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at May 9, 97 08:59:36 pm
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> > What I am looking for is for experienced programmers that can 
> > come in and do the "job" -- the job being defined as a cool
> > document program.
> 
> That job is about 3 man-years worth of work.

Cool.  If he can get 365 volunteers (and one leap-volunteer 8-))
then he can be done in 3 days.

Or if he can get a team of 9 people, we're talking 120 days... that's
a September release time frame.


> Seriously, there are no existing freeware document editors which even
> come close in scope to what is needed and those few which did probably
> went on to become part of Applixware or StarOffice.  Once you've put
> in that much work, the temptation to take it commercial must be
> overwhelming. ;-)

Well, then he can GPL it.  8^p.

...Say, once you've put in as much work on FreeBSD as you have, Jordan,
the temtation to take it commercial must be overwhelming.  8-) 8-).


					Regards,
					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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