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From: [e-mail] (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Looking for an ActiveX Kermit emulator
Date: 8 Mar 1999 16:37:41 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <[e-mail]>,
McCluskey, Dermot (EXCHANGE:IRE07:GD13) <[e-mail]> wrote:
: I am interested in this approach as well.  This is the third or forth time
: that I have seen this standard reply from the Kermit guys and i dont think
: it answers the bloody question.  If I buy Kermit95 will there be a library
: that I can call from my visual C++ application that will alow me to use the
: Kermit Protocal.  Yes or no
:
No.  But refer back to the oft-posted reply.  Which kind of library would
you want to have?  That does exactly what?  And how many person-months of
labor do you think it would take to produce it, not to mention all the other
library formats and combinations of functions that everybody else wants?
How much is all that work worth to you?  Probably not 1/10,000th of what it
would cost us.  If I'm wrong, let's talk.

: If I have to go command line why dont I just download the msdos verions for
: free, instead of paying 60 pounds for Kermit 95 in Ireland..
:
Because MS-DOS Kermit can not be relied upon to work on all Windows 95/98/NT
platforms: It doesn't interface with Winsock; it can't see Windows-only
devices (and therefore can't use the modems on most recent-vintage PCs); it
can't access long filenames, etc etc.  (These are not shortcomings of MS-DOS
Kermit -- they are consequences of the fact that it is a DOS program, not a
Win-32 program.)

In any case, if you wanted to incorporate MS-DOS Kermit in an application
that you would be supplying to your customers or clients, you would still
have to license it, just as would Kermit 95.

Finally, don't assume that the lack of a Buzzword-1.0-Compliant interface
between Kermit 95 and your application prevents you from incorporating it
into your application.  Talk to us directly if you want assistance in this
area:

  [e-mail]

- Frank