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From: yzalkow@fox.ee.vt.edu (Yuval Zalkow)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Strategic shift to Windows for Ker.??
Date: 24 Jun 1995 16:44:29 GMT
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Brainwave Surfer (agnew@gems.vcu.edu) wrote:
: Dear Kermit World,
: I'm raising this issue because of my University's actions. We
: are dropping Kermit in favor of a "Windows compliant" competitor
: that they have to PAY a site license for. (altho it's a good
: rate). I think that the time has come to embark on the next
: generation Kermit that will be win3.1, win95, and maybe even X
: compliant? I have a mail on the vms groups about some suite of
: interfaces that enable the same menus to be used across all of
: these...
: Jim
I think that even without these things Kermit is a very useful program.
Although I have to admit, my Kermit does have these things. The OS/2 version
does have mouse support and the ability to cut and paste to and from the OS/2
clipboard, although right now I don't have it enabled. However, it is still
a character mode app, under a very typically GUI OS. I don't think this is
a problem though. Maybe Kermit should have some mor features like these, but
I think the developers, (Frank Da Cruz,) is doing the right thing, and upgrading
things like the modem support before we get the glitz.
Just my 2 cents.
Chris Inacio
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cinacio@vt.edu