Re: Several question

Hi to all!

I think that name of package was borrowed from name of cheap cigarettes,
  very popular in area of former USSR. Taking in account the names of
authors, which sounds as Russian and/or Ukrainian - my opinion may be
very close to truth. ;)

Hirosi Taguti wrote:
> Thanks for reply.
>
> And please let me know the naming history of "Prima"
> which is most interesting!
> I speak Japanese. I have no idea on alphabetics.
>
> Regards,
> Hirosi Taguti
> Taguti_at_secom-sis.co.jp
>
>
> In message <84brwarar7.fsf_at_plab.ku.dk>
> "Re: Several question"
> "Dmitry Karasik <dmitry_at_karasik.eu.org>" wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Hirosi!
>>
>>On 04 Jul 03 at 03:54, "Hirosi" (Hirosi Taguti) wrote:
>> Hirosi> they doctors, clerks or IT specialists? This package seems to be
>> Hirosi> spent many hours and efforts, and free. Is this helpful for them?
>> Hirosi> Are they using this for study of biology or something else? prima
>> Hirosi> is maintained as volunteer? If so, is maintained on or may stopped
>> Hirosi> maintained in future, only God knows?
>>
>>I use it in my daily work and study, and also for scripting
>>hacks for biologists. It's a purely volunteer project, with
>>close to zero number of developers, and may stop any moment
>>unless the number grows.

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