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Date:      Mon, 10 May 1999 15:43:49 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu>
Cc:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, Bob Willcox <bob@pmr.com>, hackers list <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? 
Message-ID:  <199905102243.PAA01781@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 May 1999 16:39:20 MDT." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905101637410.27392-100000@lambic.physics.montana.edu> 

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> >> Does anybody know the status of this?  www.cdrom.com is saying it is
> >> scheduled for mid-November and taking pre-orders.  Seems its been in
> >> this state for quite awhile.  What year are they refering to?
> >
> >When I asked them about 2 weeks ago, they said mid November.  Of 2000.
> 
> This is getting out of hand.  It's pretty clear none of us understand
> what's up behind the scenes on this, because I'd swear the thing could
> have been written from scratch in less time than this port is going to
> take.  

You're correct, you don't.

But since the last time I looked there was over a GB of data in the 
Applixware source tree, no, I doubt very much that it could have been 
written in that timeframe.

-- 
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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
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