Hello Matt,

On Friday November 23 2007 16:25, you wrote to me:

 MV>> Be that as it may be, the author still has ownership of whatever
 MV>> is left.

 MM> Yes, its his property but he should at least take pride in it.

Pride in having abandoned it? Hmm...

 MV>> Other than that: so far it is just rumour that the source is
 MV>> lost. I have a bit of difficulty accepting Charles did not make
 MV>> any backups.

 MM> Maybe he lost the source so he would not be tempted to develop the
 MM> product anymore.

Perhaps..

 MM> And its better than to sell it to someone who would never develop the
 MM> product they inherit like Bob Seaborn.

Like what happened to InterMail? Sold to .. whathisname? .. who just sat on
it and let it die...

Yes that is annoying. I prefer what Peter Hampf (OT) did. When he left
Fidonet, he published a key for general use. Or vene better: Golded.
Sources relaesed into the public domain.

Cheers, Michiel

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