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List:       vnc-list
Subject:    RE: VNC From CD
From:       John Aldrich <JAldrich () covista ! com>
Date:       2006-03-24 13:44:40
Message-ID: 819FE17558C3404DB4B6893BF0601068022B4B8D () s2chmail1 ! covista ! net
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vnc-list-admin@realvnc.com wrote on Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:38 PM:
[snip]
> Because at some point I may be making some changes and
> using features that are implemented differently on PuTTY
> than on SSH.  I've been working on this project for 4
> years.  
[snip]
> It is NOT easy to maintain a code base of this size with
> only 
> one person
> on it -- especially if most of that person's time is
> still focused on writing new software instead of
> maintaining existing code.  Even with notes and comments,
> it is difficult to keep up with a codebase that size. 
> I've found it pays off, many times over, to take extra
> time to do it right the first time.  While it may seem
> like a simple thing to change the executable's name, and
> that would be in notes, in  
> a year, I
> may forget it, may look over notes and misunderstand
> them, or 
> run into
> similar problems.  Having an executable named ssh when it
> is 
> putty is,
> in this case, a premeditated failure. 
>
Ok, then. How about a copy of OpenSSH for Windows? That should solve the
problem there.
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