Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!hub.toronto.edu!thomson From: thomson@hub.toronto.edu (Brian Thomson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Please boycott Xircom Message-ID: <1990Oct4.123012.6648@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Date: 4 Oct 90 16:30:12 GMT References: <1990Sep28.192413.21255@ism.isc.com> <4132@lib.tmc.edu> <2810@rwsys.lonestar.org> Organization: University of Toronto Lines: 17 In article nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) writes: >> Asking them to then publish the source is either greedy or stupid. >> Sounds like sour grapes too. > >Okay, you think I'm in the wrong. What compensation do you think is due me? >Hint: "none" is not an acceptable answer. I understand that you are angry, and I even understand why. But talking about compensation implies that you feel you have suffered damages, because that's what "compensation" compensates for. Personally, I would be very cautious about mounting a public campaign against a manufacturer, for fear that compensation might eventually flow in the other direction! It would be prudent to get a lawyer's opinion on this. -- Brian Thomson, CSRI Univ. of Toronto utcsri!uthub!thomson, thomson@hub.toronto.edu