[pmmail-list] Interest in New Edition of PMMail

[Lynn H. Maxson]

If VOICE actually votes in favor of acquiring the rights to the 
OS/2 version of PMMail and completes the transaction, that 
essentially takes care of the easy part.  The hard part 
follows.  I do not know what documentation other than the 
source code will come as part of the transaction.  I do believe 
that before you go making changes to any part of it, you best 
understand the whole of it.  You need to document that 
understanding in a way which eases the effort of any new 
member to the development/maintenance team.  In any 
volunteer-based programming effort people will transition in 
and out over time.  Good documentation which also remains in 
sync with development will make more seamless the transition 
periods.

While one person may eagerly seek to institute his views upon 
what "improvements" to make,  VOICE historically has a more 
democratic approach.  If you are intolerant of democracy, it it 
seems either too slow or too "off track" in terms of its 
priorities and choices, then you probably will or should opt off 
the development team.  However, if you understand the 
personal discipline necessary to facilitate a team effort, skill 
players who want to see this as a start of successful efforts 
to "resuscitate" OS/2/eCS applications should consider joining 
the team.

Moreover they should do it as VOICE members.