<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote" style>In case you missed it-- David Korn (of the "Korn shell"/ksh) and Glenn Fowler (of "nmake" -- the real one, not the microsoft one) have been laid off from "at&t". Yet another "end of an era" event...</div>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 14:55:57 -0400<br>
From: Glenn Fowler <<a href="mailto:glenn.s.fowler@gmail.com" target="_blank">glenn.s.fowler@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:ast-users@research.att.com" target="_blank">ast-users@research.att.com</a>, <a href="mailto:ast-developers@research.att.com" target="_blank">ast-developers@research.att.com</a>,<br>
<a href="mailto:uwin-users@research.att.com" target="_blank">uwin-users@research.att.com</a>, <a href="mailto:uwin-developers@research.att.com" target="_blank">uwin-developers@research.att.com</a><br>
Subject: [ast-users] dgk & gsf status<br>
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As has been pointed out several times on the AST and UWIN lists, AT&T gives<br>
very little support to OpenSouce software, which is why we have so few<br>
people involved with our rather large collection of AST software. In spite<br>
of this, ksh, nmake, vczip, UWIN and other AST tools continue to be used in<br>
several AT&T projects.<br>
<br>
It turns out that software isn't the only thing lacking support: both dgk<br>
(AT&T fellow, 36 years of service) and gsf (AT&T fellow, 29 years of<br>
service) have been terminated, effective October 10. Our third major<br>
partner, Phong Vo (AT&T fellow, 32 years of service), left a few months ago<br>
for Google. The UWIN maintainer, Jeff Fellin, is still with AT&T and<br>
provides UWIN support for some critical operations.<br>
<br>
Both dgk and gsf will continue to work on AST software, and might actually<br>
have more time (at least in the short run) to focus on it.<br>
<br>
The download site and mail groups will remain within AT&T for at least the<br>
next several months. Our AT&T colleague, dr.ek, AST user and bug detector,<br>
will maintain the site. We have secured the <a href="http://astopen.org" target="_blank">astopen.org</a> domain and are<br>
investigating non-AT&T hosting options, including a repository with bug<br>
tracking.<br>
<br>
The process of change will take time; the patience of the user community<br>
will be greatly appreciated. Its quite a shock to have 3 weeks to plan<br>
personal, career, and hacking futures after working in an environment that<br>
has essentially been stable for almost 30 years. The user groups will be<br>
informed as plans solidify.<br>
<br>
New email:<br>
<br>
dgk <a href="mailto:dgkorn@gmail.com" target="_blank">dgkorn@gmail.com</a><br>
gsf <a href="mailto:glenn.s.fowler@gmail.com" target="_blank">glenn.s.fowler@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
Switch over to these soon: AT&T does not forward email of former employees.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
-dgk<br>
-gsf<br>
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