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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">We would like to contribute in the form of development and participation in the project. First question is, I can’t seem to find the source for the project. I went to </SPAN><A href="http://cwb.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cwb/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#800080 size=3>http://cwb.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cwb/</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">but can’t find anything there. The second question is if there is a Windows version of this product or at least the possibility of porting it to a Windows environment<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">? (without rewriting the whole thing) </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p>Cobus Conradie<BR>StelselOntwikkelaar || System Developer</o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p>
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