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From: ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WB1.3.2
Message-ID: <19488@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 9 Sep 89 14:11:40 GMT
References: <7844@cbmvax.UUCP> <1509@esunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
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In article <1509@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
>If the alternative to restricted electronic distribution is no
>electronic distribution, I really don't see what people are getting so
>upset about.

Well, I agree with this, and I have also been annoyed at some of the
complaints about the electronic distribution.  However, a major
contributing factor to all the controversy (and the reason that I
myself added a small flame) is that for the first 100 messages that
appeared here on this subject, *not one* said that there was any other
means of distribution besides the four networks.  It was quite awhile
(a couple days worth of messages, for me) before anyone came out and
said that it would be available at dealers.  Unlikely as it may seem, it
*really* sounded like the *only* way to get it was to subscribe to
an expensive network.  Thus, flamage.

This is not intended as a flame, rather, it is intended to shed some
light on the unfortunate combination of events that led to some of the
flames.  I, and many others, are grateful that Commodore has elected to
distribute a free update to the operating system at all.  (When was the
last time you saw IBM do that?)

-- 
Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu