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Subject: Strategic shift to Windows for Ker.??
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Date: 23 Jun 95 10:09:55 -0400
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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...
I'd hate to see the demise of the most stable dog-gone emulator
just to lose it to the "Mouseaholics". Kermit is my bread and
butter emulator...
The mouseaholics complain they can't cut-and-paste from dos
kermit, of the fact that it's not windows based, etc, etc, etc
til I'm sick of hearing it.
I use others for the DEC graphics, but keep returning to Kermit
for the daily grind.
However, I feel that within a few years, Kermit will be left
behind except for us die-hards and all the other non-pc and
non-mac systems...
Thoughts anyone?
Jim
/^^^\ \ / Jim Agnew | AGNEW@RUBY.VCU.EDU (Internet)
/ > || Neurosurgery, | AGNEW@VCUVAX (Bitnet)
/\_/ ' \ / MCV-VCU | This disc will self destruct in
/________________> Richmond, VA, USA | five seconds. Good luck, Jim..."