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Re: UUCICO for Windows and OS/2

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From: Bob Kirkpatrick
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:13
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frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) writes:

> > You should be discussing this with Tom, not us. If you send him the $120,
> > I suspect that you'll have bought the source, with the exceptions as are
> > noted in the docs.                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Exactly.  So what good is the source to the man if he doesn't get 100% of
> them!?  How is he expected to port over to OS/2 (or Windows) unless he
> gets them all?

If I remember, you can buy the dos sources, and request the uucp portions
that were copyrighted by another author. The docs mention it.

> Why is Tom ignoring over 2,000,000 users of OS/2, and untold millions
> of Windows users?

Perhaps it doesn't interest him. I don't know. The answer to these and the
other questions you have isn't here. Why don't you send land-based mail to
him and see what his reponse is? You may get the agreement of everyone who
posts here, but the only one who can actually transact with you is Tom.

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Bob Kirkpatrick <bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us>
Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA
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Subject: Re: UUCICO for Windows and OS/2
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