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   Message 198 of 3,070   
   Flavio Bessa to Martin Foster   
   Knock-Knock   
   06 Mar 17 10:43:00   
   
   Hello Martin.   
      
   04 Mar 17 14:38, you wrote to Stephen Haffly:   
      
    MF> Just to bring you up to speed, OpenXP "died" many years ago(circa   
    MF> 2008)  and lay dormant until late 2013 when, much to my surprise(and   
    MF> joy), a  German chappie re-started development. Since then, there have   
    MF> been many  new releases as the "old" code was somewhat buggy. The   
    MF> biggest new feature  so far is support for SSL/TLS encrypted   
    MF> connections. The Fido side of  things has had no work done on it   
    MF> simply because it didn't need it ;-)   
      
    MF> The new project is hosted on SourceForge:   
    MF> https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5   
      
    MF> I'm currently knocking up a simple Web site:   
    MF> http://openxp.uk   
      
    MF> After many years away from Fido, it's so *very* refreshing to see that   
    MF>  there's still a bit of interest and my dearest wish is to see it make   
    MF> a  comeback. Thanks for all your replies guys.   
      
           That's awesome! Welcome back, for sure I'll take a look at it. I have a   
    MacOS point setup at my work laptop and an Aftershock-based point, and am very   
    interested at point softwares!   
      
   Flavio   
      
   ... "Eu luto DEDO-FU!" - Chia   
   --- MacFidoIP 1.0 (OSX)   
    * Origin: Hyperion's Orbit - Resisting since 1995! (4:801/189.1)   

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