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From: blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Available CD-ROMs for Macintosh
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Date: 14 Jun 89 14:56:08 GMT
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In article <7947@saturn.ucsc.edu> alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. 
Rosenberg) writes:
> Although each group does extensively check and recheck the masters
> for viruses, this doesn't prevent some boneheads at the mastering
> company from infecting it. :-) (no names, of course)

But only one CD that was so infected was ever released;  the company that 
did so sent out 300 copies, and got back all of them immediately through a 
massive phone effort.  Other CDs that were infected by naive mastering 
companies were discovered before being released to the public.  Of course, 
the mastering company eats the costs on such a matter.  All the mastering 
companies that I'm aware of are now as strict as BMUG or BCS in keeping 
viruses out of their systems.

> I would also caution Brain to watch the common tendancy to
                       ^^^^^ gee, thanks!
> place for-profit "user groups " (used _very_ lightly) in with
> non-profit groups that provide real services and have real
> meetings with discussions of real intersting stuff.

I'm quite aware that Educorp is not a user group in any normal sense of 
the word.  Their CD is still an adequate collection of publicly 
distributable programs.

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"