Hi Will,

You wrote to LEE ARONER:

WH>LA>    386HPFS was developed solely by IBM, after the breakup, Check it
WH>LA>    out with a hex editor, you will see that the only copyright is by
WH>LA>    IBM, whereas a lot of the Win/OS2 files still have joint
WH>LA>    copyrights.

WH>Another urban rumor bites the dust, I guess.  Makes the pricing
WH>structure even stranger - but fortunately we're upgrading from Warp
WH>Server Advanced.  In a loaded server environment it's worth the price
WH>even at list.

I don't think Lee has it quite right. I remember Mary Moynaham
(she worked on OS/2 file system drivers while OS/2 was still at
Boca) saying that HPFS386 was written by MS in assembler, so there was
very little they could do with it. She also said they were considering
re-writing it in C to enable them to enhance it, and I suspect if LEE is
looking at a recent version this is why there is no MS copyright on it.
If I can dig out archives from the period, (if I still have them, it was
several years ago) I'll check my recollections and post any corrections.

George
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