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   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   WinPoint development   
   23 Feb 22 11:48:00   
   
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   Hello August!   
      
   *** Monday 21.02.22 at 14:29, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA>>> So.. should 359.1 be considered "decomissioned"? ..and never to   
    AA>>> be used?   
      
    MF>> Yes, that's absolutely correct.   
      
    AA> What if someone comes along and wants to dabble with 359.1   
    AA> According to winpoint.org, the older versions are made   
    AA> available too.  :(   
      
   I really can't imagine anyone wanting to dabble with a 15 year old beta     
   when Tim's pushing out regular updates.   
      
    MF>>>> I obviously leave it up to your good judgement as to   
    MF>>>> what you do with your "PROS and CONS" chart on your   
    MF>>>> site.   
      
    AA>>> Maybe I can simply create a link to the CONS for 359.1 to   
    AA>>> point to a subpage or something.   
      
    MF>> Why ??   
      
    AA> 'Cuz.. as long as Tim is still offering the older versions, our   
    AA> combined research on the the PROS and CONS might still be   
    AA> useful?   
      
   Maybe ?   
      
    AA>>> Meanwhile, the main table could be populated with pending   
    AA>>> CONS for the latest version?   
      
    MF>> Out of the 17 "CONS", there's now only 4 which are still   
    MF>> valid and I can think of at least one addition to the   
    MF>> "PROS" :-)   
      
    AA> Let me know which ones are which.  I can start to update things   
    AA> when I remember how I created that page!   
      
   OK, will do but I don't have time to do that right now, "real life"     
   intervenes :(   
      
   Hopefully, I'll have time to do it in the next few days.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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