[arachne] Re: CHANGE OF PERSONNEL
- From: "Bastiaan Edelman" <bastiaan.pa3ffz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:32:01 +0100
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:31:48 -0500, Brian C. Murphy wrote:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> That was stunning news on the Arachne List tonight that Glenn had
Yes, indeed... stunning news.
> retired from work on Arachne. I thank him for the good work he has done
Oh yes, thanks for the good work and the many times Glenn found a
solution for an Arachne or a DOS problem.
I doubt if I would still use Arachne if Glenn did not had a helping
hand.
Many, many thanks Glenn!
> on Arachne during the past (is it really 8) years.
> No doubt with the recession bouncing around, he needs to spend some time
> keeping his hardware store in shape.
> I hope Ray's retirement is temporary and that he will return to the
> Arachne programming scene. He did suffer a bit more abuse from the
> other programmers (not including Glenn) than he deserved. But I would
> certainly like to see him continue to use his fine programming skills in
> further development of Arachne.
I am a happy user of Ray's version
> Hopefully, some of the other programmers will return or, if not, at
> least will be supplemented with new to us skilled programmers. I regret
> that my limited programming skill is limited to programming in high
> level languages and that neither my knowledge nor my schedule of other
> activities enables me to be of use in the arcane world of low level
> programming.
> If we do not attract enough volunteer skilled and ambitious programmers
> to continue, I suggest we pool funds and hire a programmer or two to
> continue Arachne development to at least the Java Script and SSL level.
> With the recession at hand, this would also be a good time to request
> the U.S. and Canadian governments to channel some of their "stimulus"
> into getting one or two small programming businesses to provide
> commercial support for DOS in general and DOS Browsers in particular.
> Support directed by government is clearly justified because DOS is the
> only operating system that has no commercial support whatsoever due to
> the deliberate attempt of Microsoft in 1995 to kill the DOS operating
> system so that Microsoft could establish it's Windows operating system
> as the only PC operating system.
> Just a bit of food for thought. Let us hear from some of the rest of
> your as to how we proceed in the immediate future to provide DOS
> including Arachne with the skilled programming support both need.
> Brian Murphy
> BCMURPHY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Arachne at FreeLists
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