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Subject: Re: Why is ferret not freeware or shareware now? nothing to protect!?

Author: Madhavan

Date: 02:46:01 07/05/05

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On July 04, 2005 at 14:52:19, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On July 04, 2005 at 12:59:18, I Hart SanQuentin wrote:
>
>>Ferret;s own words "I could have been a contenda!"  No more though the chance
>>has been blown, all kinds of amateur programs can eat ferret alive, now it's not
>>sellable it'd not even a name anymore.  Release Ferret don't let it live out
>>it's final days in slavery on Bruce morelands back up harddrive.  Let it roam
>>and have a family get to play with some kids or something.  Free that slave, it
>>has no commercial value it's old and done for.
>
>Ferret isn't washed up, in fact I have been hearing rumours that Bruce has
>almost completely re-written it to improve the search speed and has added some
>very interesting pruning ideas.
>
>I have also heard that Ferret may enter the next CCT on ICC. :)

Where?from whom?I don't find any recent Bruce's post here?Did you?or have you
contacted him by mail?
could be,I can't wait for ferret.
His ICC handle says he had stopped running ferret there.
>Peter



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