Don't break your nose turning around...
Sheldon
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Sheldon Koehler, Owner/Partner
Ten Forward Communications
http://www.tenforward.com
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Amateurs built the Ark.
Professionals built the Titanic.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Brannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Open source?
> Actually Ipswitch posted the source code to all products on April 1. On
> the same day they declared support amnesty. All products now receive free
> unlimited support from Ipswitch. Ah..... the wonder of Open source.
>
> Likewise, Microsoft is now delivering the source code to Windows 2000 at
no
> cost except for the shipping. However, it is printed on greenbar and does
> take two tractor trailers to deliver, but the code is free.
>
> Walt
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Thompson " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 1:30 PM
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Open source?
>
>
> > A lot of the comments lately about IpSwitch's approach to this forum
seem
> to point in the direction of one wider industry trend: open source. As a
> silent observer, I've noticed many users who take pride in the fact that
1)
> they are responsible for some of the KB postings, 2) that they personally
> identified bugs in new releases/features before anyone else, or 3) that
> they solve each others' problems before hearing back from IpSwitch
support.
> The mere fact that so many participate actively on this list is a
testament
> that people are willing to volunteer their time for the betterment of the
> product. Whether you recognize it or not, these are the fundamental
makings
> of open source projects (e.g. www.horde.org, www.apache.org, etc.).
Wonder
> how many times the idea has come up at IpSwitch internal meetings?
> >
> > As a side note, does IpSwitch have a beta testing program where people
can
> get their hands on pre-releases?
> >
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