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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Segoe UI">Hi to all.....I totally agree on this; the most practical and user friendly program out there and to let it just waste away from lack of updates.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Segoe UI">Thanks to Bill for creating and maintaining this for all these years, but hopefully he will see this and provide a suitable program guru with the necessary tools to maintain.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI'; COLOR: #000000"><B>To:</B> Joaquin Tapioles Merino <<A href="mailto:pastorgalactico@gmail.com">pastorgalactico@gmail.com</A>>, <<A href="mailto:guide-user@projectpluto.com">guide-user@projectpluto.com</A>></DIV>
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<DIV id=divRplyFwdMsg dir=ltr><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" color=#000000 face="Calibri, sans-serif"><B>From:</B> guide-user <guide-user-bounces@projectpluto.com> on behalf of Joaquin Tapioles Merino <pastorgalactico@gmail.com><BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 26, 2025 7:42 AM<BR><B>To:</B> guide-user@projectpluto.com <guide-user@projectpluto.com><BR><B>Subject:</B> [guide-user] Is there any chance someone will pick up the guide 9 update?</FONT>
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<DIV class=PlainText>Hello;<BR>I've been a long-time user of Guide 9 and would like to know if there's <BR>any possibility that someone could take over the work of periodically <BR>updating this wonderful computer planetarium at least once a year.<BR>Would anyone have access to the source code so I can resume this update <BR>work?<BR>Or could Bill Gray provide the source code for the Guide 9 program so <BR>someone can resume this periodic update work?<BR>Sincerely;<BR>Joaquin Tapioles<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>guide-user mailing list<BR>guide-user@projectpluto.com<BR><A href="http://projectpluto.com/mailman/listinfo/guide-user_projectpluto.com">http://projectpluto.com/mailman/listinfo/guide-user_projectpluto.com</A><BR></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>