Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: UUCP Message-ID: <4857@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 15:33:37 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.4857 Posted: Fri Feb 15 15:33:37 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Feb-85 06:43:43 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 43 From: Lauren Weinstein First of all, a correction. I had nothing whatever to do with the design or implementation of Unix UUCP -- so I most definitely am NOT "largely responsible for UUCP in the first place." I had nothing whatever to do with it. My own UUCP work has been based totally on my own original code and not on Unix UUCP source code in any manner. I've tried to keep up to date (information-wise) on what's going on with UUCP in the VMS world. The Hughes UUCP port, I believe, requires a Unix source license (I'm not sure which Unix version, however). Regarding "finishing products" -- I'll tell you all a little secret. I'm ONE PERSON who has to work very hard (I'm a consultant so I don't have a "regular" income) to pay the rent and meet day-to-day expenses. This means that I have to spend most of my time on short-term projects that can bring me money immediately, and only work on long-term projects (often with questionable income potential) when I have some spare time. If I had a staff of slaves, I could probably get a lot more done. But I don't and this means that some work takes a very long time and must sometimes be abandoned if it's becoming obvious that market forces are making the work less valuable. As for my own VMS UUCP, I've had to shelve it for the time being to concentrate on work with more immediate potential. I haven't abandoned it, but I do not have the time to proceed with it right now. Changes in new VMS OS versions also threaten to complicate the situation from a technical standpoint. There are other factors, including logistical and purely practical ones, that have also made the work much more difficult and forced me to put it on the backburner. I am only one person and there's only so much I can do at any given time. If I've learned one thing, it's to at least TRY budget my time in an efficient manner. I never again want to find myself in the sort of financial crunch that I had happen in the past. --Lauren--