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From: jim@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: HP Elm vs. Usenet Elm
Message-ID: <151@tiamat.fsc.com>
Date: 9 Jan 90 14:39:54 GMT
Organization: Ahlstrom Filtration - Chattanooga,TN
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> Subject: Re: Dave Taylor Defends Elm!
> Perhaps people as they install 7.0 and try it can post here what they 
> think of the new HP-Elm, when compared to the latest version from the 
> Usenet group?
> 
> 						-- Dave Taylor

Just to through in my two cents worth - I used the HP version of Elm for
about 30 seconds, realized it was not 2.1 or 2.2, checked the man page to
read about it, discovered that the man page listed HP as the author, with
no mention of Dave Taylor or anyone else who has contributed to it, and
instantly through it away.  We are now using Elm 2.2 again.

I realize HP's need for a solid product, since they are going to support Elm
as a part of 7.0, but I expected their Elm to be at least 2.1, or an early
patch level of 2.2.  Heck, if a bunch of Usenet volunteers can develop Elm
at the pace they have, a group of developers who are concentrating on Elm
could certainly have done a better job than HP did with their Elm.
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James B. O'Connor			jim@tiamat.fsc.com
Ahlstrom Filtration, Inc.		615/821-4022 x. 651

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