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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:20:53 -0500
From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Is it time to commission a driver project
 apart from GenMAC?

On 12/06/07 10:44 am, Neil Waldhauer thus wrote :
> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:45:12 -0500, "Lewis G Rosenthal"
> <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> I'd like to revive this thread (right here, on this list, please),
<snip>
> One of the strongest approaches we could take is to wait for GenMac source
> code, and then fork the project. (fork: to split an open-source project into
> two in order to persue different goals.) GenMac implements NDIS5 using Windows
> drivers. Our fork could take the good work of GenMac, and add/replace the
> Windows drivers with.
>
> 1. Linux drivers
> 2. Native drivers
>
>   
Good idea. Many projects have benefited from forking, and indeed some 
others have come back together afterward.
> Further, we could develop the services our fork of GenMac provides beyond those
> that make XWLAN possible.
>
>   
Yes.
> The most important thing would be to run the project with maximum publicity in
> order to attract more developers.
>
> Next most important is to reuse software that other people have already
> written. We can do that by providing network programming interfaces and
> recompiling their software.
>
>   
No sense reinventing the wheel if it is not necessary; I concur.
> We'd also want to avoid some dead ends, like users offering $39 to help us buy
> a $1,000,000 software package. But I've been surprised lately how many end
> users are willing to chip in, so maybe we do need to make it easy to take their
> money.
>
> VOICE is doing pretty well with PMMail, even thought there is no GA, yet, there
> is a reasonable chance they will recover their investment.
>
>   
This is good news about PMMail and VOICE's investment. I'm heartened to 
hear it.

Thanks for weighing in on this, Neil. Your thoughts are always much 
appreciated.

-- 
Lewis
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