Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!lll-winken!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!oliveb!amdahl!dwl10 From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: WB 1.3.2 Keywords: legit? Message-ID: Date: 5 Sep 89 18:12:43 GMT References: <14203@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <7825@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX Lines: 32 In article <7825@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes: >In article <14203@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> nschultz@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ned W. Schultz) writes: > >The WB1.3.2.zoo is an official Commodore release. It is available >electronically through BIX, GEnie, Compuserve, and Plink. > >The reason we are limiting distribution to those national boards >is so > a) when you get something marked WB1.3.2.zoo you can be fairly > sure its the real thing, with no additions, or changes. > (like a virus, or ...) > b) that if you got the original, you will be able to get > any updates > c) that you have been informed of the requirements of our > legal department for electronic distribution. > (including being uploaded/(published) by a Commodore person) > >This is best accomplished to limiting distribution to those national >BBS systems. > Why doesn't USENET count as a "national BBS system"? Hell, if anything, it's better, cause it's International! I suggest that CBM send 1.3.2 to the binaries group, so it can be posted here also. Inc. -- "What is another word | Dave Lowrey | [The opinions expressed MAY be for 'Thesaurus'?" | Amdahl Corp. | those of the author and are not | Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his Steven Wright | amdahl!dwl10 | employer] (`nuff said!)