Re: 86\83 sf expander
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Re: 86\83 sf expander
On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, Jacob Diemer wrote:
> 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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> - Spamboy@spamboy.org -
> - Jacob Diemer -
> - http://www.spamboy.org -
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>
Jacob: While I thought that my message was clearly stated, let me take a
moment to try to restate it.
What I am proposing here is that the assembly developers and other
"hackers" doing various productive things with their Texas Instruments
calculators establish efficient routes of full-bandwidth communication so
that they may interact and build upon each other's code, for instance. I
feel the net effect would be synergistic based on the fact that the TI
calculator user base is large and full of talented programmers/etc. that
have a multitude of different strengths. To illustrate this point in an
oversimplified (and potentially misconstruable) situation: I doubt that
successful software firms (e.g., Microsoft Corporation) assign a single
programmer to a single project. In fact, I'll bet Microsoft makes a
conscious, concerted effort to promote wide-ranging communication between
ALL their technical employees, and in a way that encourages the
boundaries between specialists to be traversed.
Everybody has different ways of looking at things, and it's those
differences in interpretation that enable the potential to lead to more
rapid, robust development. I thought these concepts would be
straightforward.
I hope this clarifies my original statement.
Jeff Bunds
bunds@students.uiuc.edu
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