Re: 86\83 sf expander
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Re: 86\83 sf expander
jeffrey steven bunds (bunds@STUDENTS.UIUC.EDU) wrote:
: On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Michael J. Malluck wrote:
:
: > Hi all,
: > I talked with Mel and asked him if he would release any source
: > code to be fed through hal. He responed...
: >
: > >Well I won't be publicly releasing the source code for either, sorry.
: > >Just too much to protect. It's not for selfish reason's, it's because
: > >severe data corruption can result if you use a tampered version of the
: > >expander driver software.
: >
:
: Man, what a shame. If this guy thinks he can write better code himself
: than he could if the entire TI-8x user base could, I think he's sadly
: mistaken. What TI calculator development desparately needs is thorough
: interaction between all of the "hackers" to produce practical, optimized
: code/etc. I live with one of the premier Linux developers on the planet
: and I can tell you, they know what they're doing when they release their
: personally copy-written source code to the public. THAT'S HOW THINGS GET
: FIXED AND OPTIMIZED. THAT'S WHY Linux IS SO DAMN POPULAR - because it's
: been streamlined and built upon; and dammit it works beautifully.
:
: I hope some people can get their heads out of their asses about this.
: It's just plain stupid.
:
: Sincerely,
:
: Jeff Bunds
: bunds@students.uiuc.edu
Well Jeff, I would really like to see you build, produce a ram expander.
AND write all the software for it. While your at it why don't you optimize
Win95(it does need it), just call Bill Gates, he'll give you the code.
It's not like he spent any time on it.
Come on Jeff. Mel has worked hard doing something we all could use, so
don't complain about him
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