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> 
>>non-POSIX nature of Windows, which sets its quit far apart from the
>>traditional Unix-like systems that have been converging towards POSIX
>>for quite some time now.  This means that we really need to have some
>>commitment from the Windows user community for maintaining this stuff.
>>Otherwise this will become another MetroWerks disaster.
> 
> 
> I don't know what you're referring to.  Are you thinking of the HP
> merge?

Mark is correct (and kudos for remembering it, its one of those things 
I'd rather forget).  Look for files named *mpw*, and macros named MPW, 
in old sources (oh and also the bitter complaints that ensued as I went 
through the slow careful process of removing it).