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On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Samudra E. Haque wrote:
> MegaZone wrote:
> > re-ported. Since it is used by a rapidly shrinking percentage of users
> > and investing the engineering time became a rapidly diminishing return.
> > And the source has too many hooks into ComOS so it was decided that
> > it would just never be released.
>
>
> well, I've heard this type of derogatory sentences many times about
> very good software packages that outperform commercial packages, but
> may have been developed purely out of an interest to do something
> for the "user community", and not just based upon programmer hours.
>
> That is something that a public company should be careful about
> making,
> since it is an open invitation for competitors to capitalize upon. Or
> even more, for entrepreuner programmers to provide a compatible
> solution
> for.
>
> I propose that the members of the mailing list (as it is currently
> being distributed) consider just voting on-line (i.e,, 1 vote
> per user only) on a proposal as submitted below. Amendments might
> be necessary and welcomed by private mail, if I get decently
> argued messages with the subject header "IN.PMD request modification".
>
> Bear in mind that this type of vote usually has to be overwhelmingly
> in favour of any proposal, and a substantial amount of input is
> usually
> required to get broad based acceptance. However if say within 7 days
> if
> it gets no more than 25% of the list's acceptance all of the proposals
> may summarily be dismissed!
>
> Samudra Haque
> Managing Director
> PraDeshta Limited
> Dhaka, Bangladesh
> haque@pradeshta.net
>
> Here goes,
>
>
> //Proposal start//
> Dear Lucent RABU (Formerely Livingston Enterprises)
>
> We have been using various products that incorporate your technology
> and have provided exemplerary service to our business. It is our
> opinion that the benefits that could be achieved by your current
> stock of technology developments and products under developments that
> you may have published intentions to market soon will be substantially
> enhanced by the inclusion of two items:
>
> a) Recognition of the users and developers of the Linux Operating
> System
> as an integral and important part of the community of Lucent RABU
> product range. We have noticed with regret that on many occassions
> products are often provided without explicit support or testing of an
> Operating System that has, without doubt, been the most successfull
> internet community developed product ever. This is all the more
> important for your company to consider since your product range is
> targeted
> primarily to corporate customers, ISPs who may mostly depend upon the
> internet technology at present and for the future use through internet
> networks.
>
> b) Continued support for the IN.PMD service, or the development of an
> alternative, or the release of any technical details as your
> organisation
> may think fit, to allow the user community of Lucent RABU to develop
> their own alternative product, which they shall support and use to
> compensate for the lack of available choices on your platform. It may
> be also considered that the technology behind IN.PMD service is
> obsolete
> by your corporate standards and may be released as-is and in-toto with
> no-liability and on a no-support basis for the greater good of all of
> the users.
>
> Thanking You
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>
> //Proposal end//
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