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Never heard of Arabesque, I see it was acquired by Netmange. Never heard Bo=
rland was involved, amazing how intertwined everything was. The fact that E=
CCO was displaced by Outlook I=E2=80=99ve certainly heard and says a lot ab=
out lack of imagination and organized thinking among software users just fo=
llowing the herd.
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Law Office of Alan Dumoff
301-987-0970
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>=20
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [eccopro] Re: Ecco Happy Place
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If I could be so bold to add to the discussion. I seem to recall reading a=
t one time that the major hangup in freeing ECCO Pro was a Patent held by B=
orland of the basic spreadsheet operating core to the program. I don't kno=
w if they refused a waiver or if no one tried. It would be nice if they cou=
ld finally let go of it one time. It is sad that Netmanage chickened out w=
hen Microsoft came out with Outlook and they stopped managing it. I discov=
ered it buying a program at a Church Sale called Arabesque which was the fo=
r runner of Ecco Pro.
Ray Yerkes
On 8/21/2019 9:36 PM, r634718-/[email protected] <mailto:r634718-/[email protected]> [eccopr=
o] wrote:
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Dave... I have precisely the same recollection of every element you remembe=
red. I think it was either the very day, or maybe a day or two before it w=
as to be released to opensource that the deal collapsed. After waiting and=
waiting, when it ended that way, it was among the most disappointing momen=
ts of my computing career. Took me years to get over being angry at Zvi Al=
on and NetManage even though in retrospect, it probably was not their fault=
..
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I believe the old Netmanage forum archives are in the files section of the =
other group thanks to YSWT...or at least they were. If I recall correctly =
there was in fact significant discussion about it in that forum. At least =
I think I remember it being discussed there.
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<p><div class=3D"WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Never heard of =
Arabesque, I see it was acquired by Netmange. Never heard Borland was invol=
ved, amazing how intertwined everything was. The fact that ECCO was displac=
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..com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> =
[email protected]<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [eccopro] Re: Ecco Happy Pla=
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nbsp; I seem to recall reading at one time that the major hangup in freeing=
ECCO Pro was a Patent held by Borland of the basic spreadsheet operating c=
ore to the program. I don't know if they refused a waiver or if no on=
e tried. It would be nice if they could finally let go of it one time. =
; It is sad that Netmanage chickened out when Microsoft came out with Outlo=
ok and they stopped managing it. I discovered it buying a program at =
a Church Sale called Arabesque which was the for runner of Ecco Pro.<o></o>=
</p><p>Ray Yerkes<o></o></p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">On 8/21/2019 9:36 P=
M, <a href=3D"mailto:r634718-/[email protected]">r634718-/[email protected]</a> [eccopro] wro=
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.... I have precisely the same recollection of every element you remembered.=
I think it was either the very day, or maybe a day or two before it =
was to be released to opensource that the deal collapsed. After waiti=
ng and waiting, when it ended that way, it was among the most disappointing=
moments of my computing career. Took me years to get over being angr=
y at Zvi Alon and NetManage even though in retrospect, it probably was not =
their fault.<o></o></p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o> </o></p></div><=
div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I believe the old Netmanage forum archives are i=
n the files section of the other group thanks to YSWT...or at least they we=
re. If I recall correctly there was in fact significant discussion ab=
out it in that forum. At least I think I remember it being discussed =
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