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From: hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: poolfix3, poolfix4; naming conventions.
Message-ID: <1579@lzsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 90 17:44:08 GMT
Organization: AT&T BL Middletown/Lincroft NJ USA
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I read with amazement the posting on poolfix4.

1. First Humor:  The author of poolfix4 carries on long and hard about
	how bad it is that poolfix3 must be installed first; when his
	program must be installed first!

2. Atari issued, as officially as possible, poolfix1, poolfix2, and poolfix3.
	They are docummented, supported and 'guaranteed' by Atari.  It its
	just bad form to have someone issue a program with the same name and
	just change the revision.  poolfix4, if it must exist, should be
	reissued by the author with a new name and removed from the archieves.

	Hmm, What a great way to spread a virus; just bump the revision on
	some popular program and watch the fun.

	Wouldn't it been interesting if G-PLUS had been named gdos1?

3. Please do not use other peoples product names for your own work.  Even
	if the function is the same.

Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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