On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:45:12 -0500, "Lewis G Rosenthal"
<os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:

  

I'd like to revive this thread (right here, on this list, please),

One of the strongest approaches we could take is to wait for GenMac source
code, and then fork the project. (fork: to split an open-source project into
two in order to persue different goals.) GenMac implements NDIS5 using Windows
drivers. Our fork could take the good work of GenMac, and add/replace the
Windows drivers with.

1. Linux drivers
2. Native drivers

  

Further, we could develop the services our fork of GenMac provides beyond those
that make XWLAN possible.

  

The most important thing would be to run the project with maximum publicity in
order to attract more developers.

Next most important is to reuse software that other people have already
written. We can do that by providing network programming interfaces and
recompiling their software.

  

We'd also want to avoid some dead ends, like users offering $39 to help us buy
a $1,000,000 software package. But I've been surprised lately how many end
users are willing to chip in, so maybe we do need to make it easy to take their
money.

VOICE is doing pretty well with PMMail, even thought there is no GA, yet, there
is a reasonable chance they will recover their investment.