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From: sritacco@hpbsla.HP.COM (Steve_Ritacco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.xerox
Subject: Re: RIP
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Date: 20 Apr 89 19:56:12 GMT
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Not having ever had access to either a D machine or the ENVOS software,
I am still terribly sad to here that they are gone.  Does this mean the
end of all the tremendous PARC work on Interlisp, LOOPS, etc.  Reading
the various research papers that have come out of that group has
been very inspiring, and will be missed.  If this is the end of ENVOS I at
least hope that the tremendous body of software will not be lost or bought
and shelved by a competitor.  Might I suggest it moving into the public domain
or becoming part of the GNU project.