[Bioperl-l] Press Release for Bioperl 1.0

Richard Jacob rjjacob@socrates.berkeley.edu
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 11:46:29 -0800


Hi,

Late last year Jason Stajich prepared a PPM package for Bioperl 0.7.2. 
Jason, is there any chance of a making a PPM package for 1.0? It would help 
us Windows/ActiveState/newbie users immensely.

Also congratulations to everyone involved with the release of Bioperl 1.0.

Richard Jacob

At 07:01 PM 3/18/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>This is a press release thing I am circulating for the 1.0 release. If
>you know any journalists, or otherwise want to promote it, do forward this
>text on.
>
>I have to say, a warm, fuzzy feeling hits me as I think of where this all
>started, back when Perl5 was a twinkle in Larry Wall's eye and Steve
>Brenner was using this strange language called Perl to handle SCOP.
>
>
>We've come along way. We've got a long way to go. But it is certainly good
>fun.
>
>[PS *Everyone* owes jason beers for the last 2 weeks of his life]
>

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