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   Ilya Zakharevich to All   
   Re: Whither FreePM?   
   25 Jan 11 21:17:09   
   
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   .os2.programmer.misc:1849   
   From: Ilya Zakharevich    
      
   On 2011-01-19, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard  wrote:   
   >> I don't think anyone have done anything to that code since. It is    
   >> available as all osFree code is, on http://osfree.sf.net   
   >>   
   > That's what I suspected: It's dead and barely even a skeleton outline.     
      
   > That's unfortunate.  I was hoping that that would provide something useful.   
      
   Why?!  PM was, I expect, of order of magnitude of hundred of man-years   
   to implement; and it was still man-years from completion when it was   
   frozen.  Why would anyone expect things to be implementable by a tiny   
   team of volunteers I fail to grasp...   
      
   Ilya   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
    * Origin: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. (1:261/20.999)   

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