The OS/2 hoopla.

[Wilson Rook]

Very well said Steve.

OS/2 is looking better and better every day.  -- even better then in 1996.

Southsoft could have sold the product to a company that did not have any
commitment
to OS/2.  The release of 2.1 shows that BSW does.

Sometime it is hard to talk about problems with a product without cutting it (or
the developer) apart.
I think we all need to keep this in mind.  We are all here because we like
PMMail.  I like on
OS/2 - other like it on Windows.  Steve just likes it.

We should be here to help each other and support PMMail.

I would like to make a public Thanks to Southsoft.  I have been using PMMail for a
few years.  It has been very useful.  It has more than saved its cost many times
over.  There are other email programs out,  and with Netscape for OS/2, I have a
choice.  From my laptop - I use Netscape.  From my office - I use PMMail.  I have
found no other mail program on any platform that does what pmmail does.

Thank you Southsoft for PMMail.  Thank you BSW for continuing the development of
PMMail

Steve Lamb wrote:

>     OK, just wanted to ring here for a moment and bring a little reality check
> to the various complaints I've seen on list.
>
>     While the OS/2 release wasn't a massive workover, some bugs were fixed and
> it is a release which is progress.  A lot of people seem to be missing that
> point.
>
>     Furthermore, what Southsoft had promised for this release should not be
> held to BSW.  I don't mean any slight to Southsoft or BSW at all.  Things
> happened, plans changed and other things needed to be taken care of so some
> forward movement could be made.
>
>     Forward movement has been made.  PMMail is now in the hands of people who
> have the time and resources to devote to the future growth of the product.
> Please, don't lose sight of that, don't bitch and gripe and complain that some
> pet bug or feature wasn't included and try to attach that negativity to either
> Southsoft or BSW.
>
>     Commend Southsoft for giving up their baby to someone else.  That takes a
> lot, especially for all the time that Bob & Ike have clearly put into it.
>
>     Commend BSW for picking up the product.  It comes with a lot of high
> expectations and a lot of work that needs to be performed just to catch up
> with the industry as it stands now, much less the long-standing bugs and
> feature requests.
>
>     I don't think anyone who has complained can say exactly how long the deal
> was in the works, how long BSW has had the code or what Southsoft would have
> done with it if BSW had not stepped forward.  I think it is supremely unfair
> to make any judgement on this release when so little of the facts are known.
> Leave that for the next release.  Give BSW some time to work with the code, to
> get a feel for it, to be able to listen to and address the concerns of its new
> found userbase before pulling out the mortars and flamethrowers and going to
> town.
>
>     Does it really take someone who doesn't use that OS any more, nor the
> client in question in any form to grasp onto the reasonable course of action?
> I'd love to switch back to PMMail.  I'd love to have a Linux version.  I'd
> love to have a fully functional IMAP to my very demanding specifications.
> I'd love to have a lot of things.  But I'm going to sit and wait for BSW to
> make *their* plans known instead of hold them to the plans made by Southsoft
> for Southsoft.
>
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