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From: davis@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Jim Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm, the newsgroup from hell
Message-ID: <2019@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Jun 88 22:30:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: hplabsz.2019
References: <1022@bellboy.UUCP> <2998@s.cc.purdue.edu> <1029@bellboy.UUCP>
Reply-To: davis@hplabs.hp.com (Jim Davis)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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Greg Hackney hack@bellboy.UUCP writes:
gh>	In my opinion, the author dropped out of the race
gh>	without passing the baton.

    The baton was passed.  Unfortunately the receiver seems to have
dropped it.  Knowing many of the politics and personalities that
motivated Dave to drop his support for this public domain Elm but
not feeling free to comment too extensively let me just say:

    There exists interest in continued public existance of Elm.

    Dave has not been a "jack in the box" poping up and down in
his support.  He was there continuously until he "passed on
the baton".  Typically he is still reading these very discussions
and commenting (could this be why you think he is poping up and
down?), but cannot greatly support public domain Elm at this time.

    I have noticed at least one offer of Elm 2.0 gamma on the net.
I should point out that this source has "leaked" and is probably
well worth scarfing up.  (Dave did not leak it, nor did I.)  2.0
gamma has some bugs, but fewer than 1.7b (personal opinion).
[IPOF: I still run 2.0 gamma because it worked a bit better
for me that its successors.]

				-- Jim Davis
[Here come the flames.]