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   Ilya Zakharevich to All   
   Re: Whither FreePM?   
   26 Jan 11 23:10:20   
   
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   er.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/p0+Tr1oJoeIm6qu2v3EWi"   
   .os2.programmer.misc:1860   
   From: Ilya Zakharevich    
      
   On 2011-01-26, 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?!   
   >>   
   >   
   > Because I wanted to use it.   
   >   
   >> Why would anyone expect things to be implementable by a tiny team of    
   >> volunteers I fail to grasp...   
      
   > In quite a few cases they *are* implementable.   
      
   Given that I do not know you are "they" and what are "cases", I can't   
   comment on that.  Either you have PM, or not - I do not see a point in   
   implementing a subsystem (but maybe I'm missing something?).   
      
   Ilya   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
    * Origin: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. (1:261/20.999)   

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