DOS ain't dead - Mik's page offline

Mik's page offline | I'm confused (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 24.05.2009, 15:09

> In the past that guy provided files, answered questions etc. and he had
> the intention to put all the patches on his page, as I know from no other
> than himself, a process which he even had started.

You make him sound like a saint.

> Whilst the support he
> received for his interesting contribution was void, he got instead a lot
> of e-mails obsessively asking for his patches and some people we both know
> even officially announced his projects when he was still far from being
> prepared for that.

Now you make him sound like a martyr.

> We have to consider the things as they are, patience is
> a virtue a lot of people lack today. Consequently he changed his attitude
> and now he shows he doesn't care about you, so what?

You have to admit, it's frustrating when people run away from ports they once were involved in.

> Feel free to take up
> his projects, I know you are used to DJGPP and have contributions, and you
> seem to have also a lot of spare time, being very active on forums and
> discussion boards.

If I was more skilled, I would've done more. But sadly I'm limited more by that than motivation.

> Edit: In case you accept suggestions and have available a working Linux
> DJGPP cross-compiler, I advise you to start with ffmpeg, as Michael's
> DJGPP patches have been already merged into the official ffmpeg svn
> package.

ffmpeg doesn't interest me at all, sorry. (Besides, why not just compile it natively?) Besides, things like that are often difficult to build.

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Mik's page online - Laaca, 10.01.2009, 11:46 (Announce)
- Mik's page online - Laaca, 10.01.2009, 11:57
  - Mik's page online - RayeR, 10.01.2009, 23:29
    - Mik's page online - Rugxulo, 12.01.2009, 19:24
      - Mik's page online - Khusraw, 12.01.2009, 19:59
        Mik's page online - Rugxulo, 13.01.2009, 08:40
        Mik's page online - Khusraw, 13.01.2009, 09:18
      - Mik's page online - rr, 13.01.2009, 21:14
        Mik's page online - Khusraw, 14.01.2009, 09:16
        Mik's page online - rr, 14.01.2009, 10:24
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - DOS386, 15.01.2009, 01:29
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - Khusraw, 15.01.2009, 08:13
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - Japheth, 15.01.2009, 09:44
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - Khusraw, 15.01.2009, 10:02
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - rr, 15.01.2009, 19:50
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - Khusraw, 15.01.2009, 20:45
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - rr, 15.01.2009, 21:12
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - rCX, 15.02.2009, 22:43
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - rr, 16.02.2009, 21:50
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - rr, 24.02.2009, 22:16
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - DOS386, 25.02.2009, 03:11
        Mik's page __DEAD__ - Laaca, 15.01.2009, 20:45
        Mik's page online - RayeR, 15.01.2009, 12:16
- Mik's page online FFMPEG - DOS386, 15.03.2009, 02:20
- Mik's page o**line | I'm confused - DOS386, 21.05.2009, 11:54
  - Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Rugxulo, 23.05.2009, 02:40
    - Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Khusraw, 23.05.2009, 07:29
      - Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Rugxulo, 23.05.2009, 23:57
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Khusraw, 24.05.2009, 09:34
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Rugxulo, 24.05.2009, 15:09
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Khusraw, 24.05.2009, 15:40
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Rugxulo, 24.05.2009, 17:17
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Khusraw, 24.05.2009, 17:39
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - rr, 24.05.2009, 18:13
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Khusraw, 24.05.2009, 20:01
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - rr, 24.05.2009, 22:14
        Mik's page offline | I'm confused - Khusraw, 25.05.2009, 11:18