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it would seem to me that owner of this product would sell it, then allow a new complete retail version to be built and sold in .net and sql server to compete with companies like ACT and Goldmine. Has anyone ever tried to buy the product from
On Friday, September 4, 2015 3:45 AM, "Friedhelm Dohmann [email protected] [eccopro]" <[email protected]> wrote:
Re: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archiedr
Archie was in charge of the planned and failed Ecco open source release by NetManage. Did you see Archie Robostoff's self-described LinkedIn Background Summary: "Specialties:Product Management, General Asskickery". Friedhelm On 9/4/2015 4:13 AM, Friedhelm Dohmann [email protected] [eccopro] wrote:
Yes, Slang's incredible work gave new life to me and many others. I am extremely thankful for his idea to incorporate his work and attach it to a new Installer, notwithstanding the days when the Yahoo groups split and useless accusations were thrown from left to right. It was earlier, I remember the May of 2005, when the release of Service Pack 2 of Win XP made the original 16-bit Ecco Installer for the first time useless. On request of some Yahoo group members, I created a manual EccoPro installation called "EccoFilesSystem.zip" which was freely distributed to many other online blocks and is still available today at the EccoMagic Forums ;-)
Friedhelm On 9/4/2015 12:11 AM, r634718-/[email protected] [eccopro] wrote:
Ah yes, Friedhelm. I had forgotten some of those things. Yes, I do recall now that Ecco probably got dumped as part of a deal between MS and NM that involved scuttling it. Yes, that was the scuttlebutt at the time.
I used to be fairly active in the old NM forum. I remember a few attempts at different times and by different people to buy, acquire, or otherwise pry Ecco out of NM's hands as far back as the 90s. Some of them raised money, some of them took a very long time, but all of them went nowhere. And then later the failed open source release. Those were frustrating years.
To tell you the truth, it was Slang who revived my interest in Ecco. Just before he came along, I was feeling that I had nearly had it. The prospect of more years with no new development was just getting too depressing after all that time. If Slang hadn't arrived on the scene just then, I probably wouldn't be here today. I am so thankful that I stayed around to see his magic show. It's one of the most impressive things I have ever seen in any aspect of my life.
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