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From: Pahlavan.pasa@XEROX.COM
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Subject: Re: RIP
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Date: 21 Apr 89 17:13:00 GMT
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From:			hpda!hpcuhb!hp-ses!hpdml93!hpbsla!sritacco
			@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Steve_Ritacco)

Organization: 	Hewlett-Packard Boise R & D Lab

Subject: 		Re: RIP

"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."
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A good suggestion. There are also other alternatives. The demise of ENVOS
does not mean the end of PARC's seminal work on InterlispD, LOOPs or the
innumerable other AI software tidbits written in Interlisp over the past
seventeen years.

That culture is too important and productive to be allowed to fade away.
There are serious independent efforts to rescue the software in one form or
another, ENVOS or no ENVOS. 

Unfortunately, it is premature to spill out the details now.

If you are interested in a new chapter in the Interlisp epic, keep an eye
on the AI trade journals in the next few months.

 Marcel Pahlavan
A veteran of Xerox Artificial Intelligence Systems