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   TID: hpt/lnx 1.4.0-sta 09-04-05   
   Hello Marceline!   
      
   07 Mar 21, Marceline Jones wrote to KAI RICHTER:   
      
    KR>> The split distribution allowed the user to decide if he wants to   
    KR>> pay the phone cost for the transfer or not. Thus it was very user   
    KR>> friendly.   
      
    MJ> That is why there were local registrations sites in each region. Also,   
    MJ> file distribution networks made these costs negligible.   
      
   File distribution networks pushed the files to the cheaper local area costs.   
   But i still don't see the users need to download the documentation 3 times if   
   they need the DOS, Windows and OS/2 version. This is at last a waste of   
   resources, aka time and energy.   
      
    MJ> By the time GoldED went open source, telnet BBSes were prevalent.   
      
   And? As i said before, in other countries we had to pay for every local call   
   and telnet access means IP access and Internet flatrate wasn't there in   
   POTS/NGN migration time.   
      
    KR>> When golded went open source the voluntary code contributors   
    KR>> continued those concept. Let me guess, they like coding much more   
    KR>> than writing documentation. ;-)   
      
    MJ> Not packaging their software properly shows they take no pride in   
    MJ> their work.   
      
   I don't know what they take. But pride is not in the list of my guesses.   
      
   Regards   
      
   Kai   
      
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