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From: pha@CAEN.ENGIN.UMICH.EDU (Paul H. Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Netpower Hp open letter draft 2
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Date: 19 Jul 90 16:26:46 GMT
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Sorry for posting this, but mail to Jim bounced:

	Jim, I have one additional suggestion for your HP letter.
	
	HP/Apollo equipment has always been the last to be supported by
	comp.sources types of programs.  Generally, fixing them so
	that they work is a small task for the right person, but finding
	that person and consistently making the results available so that
	it benefits the Apollo user community at large has always been
	difficult.
	
	Therefore, in request 2), I would add
	
	    d) Monitor comp.sources.unix, and comp.sources.misc for sources of
	       potential use to Apollo users, and either port the sources, or
	       find someone to port them, and then give feedback to the original
	       authors, as well as providing the patches on a well connected
	       host.
	
	       This would help alleviate redundant efforts, such as porting gcc
	       to the Apollos.  It would also assist people like John Vasta
	       at Apollo, who would then have some internal people able to help
	       him distribute and announce his port of gcc and g++ to the Apollo.
	
	Paul Anderson
	Computer Aided Engineering Network
	University of Michigan
	Ann Arbor,  MI  48118