13 Jul
2022
13 Jul
'22
1:36 p.m.
On 13 Jul 2022 09:34 +1000, from dave(a)horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall):
Sure; I used Pine in 1995-1996 or so, and then again around 2001-2002,
so yes, Pine clearly predates a Linux distribution with an initial
release in mid-2005. But your post was about _Alpine_, not _Pine_ (or
at least, I can't immediately find any "Pine Linux", whereas Alpine
Linux is rather well-known), so that's what I was responding to.
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Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael(a)kjorling.se
“Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
If Wikipedia
is to be believed, the MUA came later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux> "Initial release August
2005"
as compared to
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_(email_client)> "Initial release
December 20, 2007"
Any fool can update Wikipedia (and they do).
I give you PINE (Alpine's (predecessor):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_(email_client)
1992... I've been using it (then Alpine) since about then.