The John E. Davis Software Page

I have been involved in the free/open software movement for many years, long before it was fashionable. I have no strong philosophical or religious feelings about open software; my view is purely pragmatic: I simply believe that in most cases, where it exists, open software is better, more reliable and flexible, than commercial alternatives.

My contributions to the open software world include:

• jed, a powerful multi-platform text editor.
• S-Lang, a programmer's library that includes a powerful scripting language with a C-like syntax.
• slrn, a powerful threaded newsreader for Unix, VMS, OS/2, and Win32 systems.
• most, a more/less style paging program that supports multiple windows and scrolls left/right.

  I have decided to make some of the more fun projects that I have worked on over the years available to others. The Just For Fun link lists some of those projects.