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From: dwex@aib.com (David E. Wexelblat)
Subject: Re: Z-MAIL 3.0 demo for *BSD ?
Message-ID: <CLt7tq.CJI@aib.com>
Organization: AIB Software, Inc.
References: <CLnn4C.17t@latcs1.lat.oz.au> <2kghv4$b5m@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <hastyCLqrE3.43q@netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 02:20:14 GMT
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In article <hastyCLqrE3.43q@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
>In article <2kghv4$b5m@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
>>In article <CLnn4C.17t@latcs1.lat.oz.au>,
>>M.C. Wong <wongm@latcs4.lat.oz.au> wrote:
>>
>>> I am subscriber of SysAdmin mag, and in the Jan/Feb issue this year,
>>> there was a Z-MAIL 3.0 demo (by Z-Code Softwares Corp.) available for
>>> ftp from : ftp.uu.net:/vendor/z-code/zmail/3.0. However, there is no
>>> port for any of the *BSD, I wonder will the *BSD team be influential
>>> enough to talk them into a port for *BSD ?
>>
>>Doubtful for the free ports since *most* folks are running the free
>>version because it's cheap. Those with $$ are running BSDI, so I could
>>see the Z-code folks doing a BSDI port but not a port to the *BSD's.
>>There'd be little to no money in it.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Just because I may have $$$, does not mean I am going to spend wantomly...
>
>
>Because *BSD is cheap many are willing to try it and if they like something
>in that are invironment an engineer is more likely to recommend the product
>for his company.
>
> Proudly running FreeBSD at Cisco
>
> Amancio
>
>(Usual Disclaimer stuff: This is just my opinion)
>
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If people are interested, I suggest they approach the company about it.
They may be receptive.
For those that don't know, Z-Mail is derived from MUSH, a free software
package from days gone by. The company is run by Dan Heller. Yes,
they guy who wrote the O'Reilly Motif & XView books. Former moderator
of mod.sources (I believe).
Actually, Z-Code was just bought by NCD. I don't know how much that will
play into the equation. But Z-Mail is a phenomenal product. I've never
seen a better GUI-based tool - it's the ONLY GUI-based tool I use
voluntarily (outside of paint/drawing programs and games). It converted
me from a Mail/mailx diehard. To the point that I initiated a 1000 license
purchase while I was at AT&T, including many thousands of dollars worth
of customizations. Several of the neato-keen things in Z-Mail 3.0 I
helped design, or at least instigated by bitching a lot.
Anyhow - bug them about it. Tell them I sent you.
--
David Wexelblat <dwex@aib.com> (703) 430-9247 Fax: (703) 450-4560
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