1. RE: Win32Lib Handover
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kat [mailto:gertie at visionsix.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:45 AM
> To: EUforum at topica.com
> Subject: Re: Win32Lib Handover
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> On 22 Nov 2004, at 22:23, don cole wrote:
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> >
> > posted by: don cole <doncole at pacbell.net>
> >
> > Derek Parnell wrote:
> > >
> > > In about 10 or so days, I'll be handing over win32lib to the next
> > > generation of carers. I'd like it to be reasonably stable
> (no major
> > > errors) before I do that.
> > >
> > Why do all the long time, hardcore Euphorians appear to be jumping
> > ship?
>
> We have been here a long time, we expected Eu to grow. We
> expected our
> requests would be heard, and our needs be met. I am looking
> for a language
> most like Eu, but with the same features i asked for 5 years
> ago, which RDS
> can't bring themselves to supply. Lua, Tk, Perl, Python, Php,
> mirc,, don't
> quite do it for me by themselves, but Eu could have been
> absolutely perfect,
> the top language to beat all languages. I'll probably go with
> Php. Or Bach....
> depending on the license terms regarding how i can use it on my own
> computers at home. OpenEu doesn't seem to be getting anywhere.
>
> I am sorry to see Derek leave. I was sorry to see DavidC
> leave. Irv leaving
> too, and others. I can't figure how RobC's overriding concern
> for the original
> vision of the language is worth this brain drain of
> contributors. RDS should be
> hiring these people, not running them off. Shooting the
> language in the foot
> with 2.5, and then charging twice the price for it, is simply
> stunning.
>
> Kat
>
Thank you so much Kat; my thoughts exactly
William
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