In article <3c223066$1@news.povray.org> , "Scott Gammans" 
<nos### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> Ken already answered

You should not assume that I could see Ken's reply before I posted my
reply...

> The rudeness of your reply is uncalled for.

I don't think it was rude nor was it intended to be rude.  If it offended
you I apologize.

The following will answer your question in more detail:

> what I thought was a legitimate question, and did so without your arrogant and
> discourteous manner.

You should really read what is written on the download site, which answers
precisely your question:

>This beta version expires after December 21, 2001! By this time there will
>either be a new beta version available here or the final version of POV-Ray 3.5
>will be available.

Or either of these two messages, which both apply:

>Message-ID: <38695C99.6B2DCA1A@pacbell.net>
>Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:58:01 -0800
>From: Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
>Reply-To: lin### [at] povrayorg
>Newsgroups: povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions
>Subject: Welcome To the POV-Ray News Groups
>Xref: news.povray.org povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions:36

>New Versions of POV-Ray - Please Don't Ask
>==========================================
>
>  One of the most asked questions we hear in the news groups is  -
>
>  "When will the next version of POV-Ray be released ?"
>
>   The answer is that they will not tell you. The POV-Team is a group
>of volunteers working on the development of the program in their free
>time. They do not like deadlines and will only release a new version
>when they have time to finish it. They also need time to ensure they
>have the bugs worked out of it before releasing it publicly.
>
>For this reason *PLEASE* do not ask when the next version will be released.
>If they spend all of their time answering this question they will not have
>time to work on the next release of the program. When it is time they will
>notify you through public announcements on this server and on the POV-Ray
>home page - http://www.povray.org.


>Message-ID: <3B94E1CF.7498B010@pacbell.net>
>Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 07:14:39 -0700
>From: Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
>Newsgroups: povray.beta-test
>Subject: Attention: Beta Testers
>Xref: news.povray.org povray.beta-test:4

>Try to keep the off topic chatter down to an absolute minimum.
>The POV-Team will be reading the messages in this groups and
>need to be able to identify potential problems with the program
>with a minimum of reading time. Please take off topic discussions
>to another group."

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