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to: Rich Wonneberger
from: Gene Tucker
date: 1999-10-11 21:16:01
subject: Write Our Own Version

RW>The only thing impossible is skiing through a revolving door.

RW>The question is how long will this take.  Linux was not 
RW>written over night.  It took time to develop, test, debug, 
RW>and release.

Yes and I have tried it in the early days as early as 94. It did not impress
me 
as far as polish and finish. It did impress me with it's power though. Linux
still impresses me. but it is is rather crude. Now if the WPS got ported to
Linux by IBM or someone else that would make it actually better than OS/2
because the SIQ is not a problem anymore.



RW>If every sysop using it kicked in 10 grand we probably 
RW>wouldnt have enough to buy the source code.  If it got 
RW>leaked out by mistake, that would be another story.  :}


There are rumors that there is source code ready to be put out on the
Internet.
But I have not seen it anywhere and it is a rumor.




RW>If it was to happen, I would think OS/2000 would be a kool name.  :}

RW>While its being developed, maybe a 68040 version could be done as well as 
RW>Pentium versions.

anything that did not remind one of IBm would be a good name.
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