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From: jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman)
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Subject: Re: Reading pixels from screen
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Date: 4 Oct 90 22:35:26 GMT
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In-Reply-To: dave@sgi.com's message of 3 Oct 90 14:49:55 GMT

I can almost hear it now, someone saying: "See what happens when we
give out source code?  Users snoop around and then start complaining
about undocumented features.  Enough!  No more."

No doubt, SGI gets some hassles this way, but I hope it won't reduce
the amount source code SGI releases.  Personally, I appreciate what's
there and would like to see more.

One good program is worth a dozen great manuals.

Jim Helman
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