Subj : Question on FTS-0001
To   : Bj�rn Felten
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Thu Oct 12 2023 04:36 pm

 Re: Question on FTS-0001
 By: Bj�rn Felten to Maurice Kinal on Thu Oct 12 2023 11:08 pm

>  BF>> I guess, now it's far too late to fix all the buggy, abandonware
>  BF>> out there.
>
>  MK> Who in their right mind would want to do that?
>
>    It's as easy to fix as fixing the bugs in MS-DOS -- abandon it for better
> software.

I this case, I don't think we're talking about a bug. Perhaps it was a bad design choice, but it was still "the design" and all FTN-compliant software should continue to follow suit.
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