Subj : Internet Rex and Debian Linux
To : Nick Andre
From : Roy Witt
Date : Tue Oct 02 2012 05:11 pm
01 Jan 70 00:00, Nick Andre wrote to Roy Witt:
NA> On 01 Oct 12 17:45:28, Roy Witt said the following to Nicholas Boel:
RW>> I agree with that, but I'm in no position to 'talk' him into
RW>> releasing the source. I'd discourage anyone from registering irex
RW>> and just persue using the unregistered version or looking into
RW>> offering to buy someone else's key. This isn't anything new, as I
RW>> was given a key generator for FastEcho 1.46 which can open that
RW>> program for max use...
NA> I was a fan of Irex for a long time in the late 90's I think it was,
NA> and bought a 50 or 100-node license for it, I forget which. Pretty
NA> sure it was the 100 node one. Money wasn't so much the issue as it
NA> was "unlocking" its limitation.
I was an early user as well, paying $25 for a 50-node license. Prior to
that, I hated the limitations so much that I was glad to fork over that
$25.
NA> Sure I could hex-edit the thing, but went with the honourable
NA> approach. And I bought my key I think two years after Charles went
NA> AWOL.
He was still active in this echo when I began using Rex...he answered a
lot of questions I had, some I voiced, some curious about, right here in
the echo. Those that I was curious about were answered when others asked
the questions I was going to ask.
NA> When I did the work that I did to DB, I transferred my license to a
NA> fellow Sysop who makes good use of it to this day. I got the
NA> momentary warm-and-fuzzy-feeling of doing a good deed for someone "in
NA> need".
You're probably aware that I'm running both Irex and DB at the same time,
each on a different port.
NA> If Charles would at least program a key-generator, it would at least
NA> put the whole continuing-to-charge-$ discussion/arguments to rest. Or
NA> at least some sort of disclaimer indicating that the product is sold
NA> as-is with no more official support from the author.
That would help those who're looking at it to make a decision on whether
or not they're interested in using it. If they can get some help from
others who're using it, that would help them out too.
NA> I think there were rumors here that he "lost" the source code, which
NA> I find a bit hard to believe as that was a very large project to
NA> -not- have backups of the source code for, and a project that brought
NA> in a nice amount of $$$.
I don't know his situation, but I recall that discussion. Which is
probably why the activity has dwindled to almost nothing here. In fact
this is the most activity I've seen in a long time.
R\%/itt
... Mark Owen: "Hey, did you ever hear anything about that beer?
... Fellow SEAL: "You believed that s**t, I bet you voted for change too,
... SUCKER."
