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 Message 575 
 Bob Seaborn to mark lewis 
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 08 May 08 23:11:00 
 
 >
 >BS> using LSxPower 4.0, a DOS extender for OS/2, a commercial package
 >BS> that Hara
 >BS> bought/licensed/whatever.  That is what is no longer available.
 >
 >TJM> So that's the issue.  I see.
 >
 > i don't understand why it wasn't provided since the rest of the software
 > sources were... even if they were gone when the transition took place,
 > the existing library could (should?) have also been made available so
 > that it could still have been worked with :(


      It's not that it wasn't provided, it was.  However, it's no longer
supported, and won't properly work under XP or beyond as it stands.


 >
 > it matters not that it may not work with today's stuff... only that it
 > is/was available for the older stuff which many still operate with...
 > then time could have been taken to adjust and move forward with other
 > options...
 >
 > sure, the uni version was a good thing and less confusing but still,
 > each of us knows what OS we are running and could easily purchase the
 > one that was needed for our environment...
 >
 > oh well... it seems much too late for all that now and it sucks no
 > matter which way it went :?



      I'm working on it, just seems to be taking longer than initially
planned.




                       .....Bob

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