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From: depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Sam Alan EZUST)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: We've been EMULATED.
Message-ID: <5273@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 16 Oct 90 00:28:16 GMT
References: <90285.225011CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu> <5039@crash.cts.com> <13612@cs.utexas.edu>
Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada
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In article <13612@cs.utexas.edu> psurge@cs.utexas.edu (Troy Carpenter) writes:
>In article <5039@crash.cts.com>, oleg@crash.cts.com (Oleg Rovner) writes:
>> In article <90285.225011CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu> CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>> >
>> >   I don't know how many of you follow comp.sys.amiga but one of the topics
>> >over there is an ST emulator that works!  It seems that this program contains
>> >a copy of TOS and GEM in it.  I don't think this is compleately legal.  For
>> [adress of ftp site skipped]
>
>I have copies of both of the emulators, I plan to send them to Atari and see
>what the legal dept. thinks.
>
>                                Troy Carpenter
>                        Department of Computer Sciences
>                        THE University of Texas, Austin
>                              psurge@cs.utexas.edu

oh jeezus.... So now the Atari users, who are enjoying the use of PC-Ditto
and software Macintosh emulators are getting ready to prevent other people
from doing the same thing on other computers??? I don't believe this.

Haven't we learned anything from the GNU/Macintosh debates? The entire
reason GNU has stuff out for Atari and NOT for Mac is because Apple is so
sue-happy that GNU felt it a waste of time to port it onto a computer which
is run by such a haughty company (this is just my interpretation of it - I
am sure that if someone stated only the facts over this debate, which took
place quite a few years ago, other interpretations can be made).

And why would it hurt Atari if Amiga users were running Atari programs on
it? All that would do is increase the popularity of the ST - more people
would be using it, and perhaps buying software for it, and maybe even
WRITING software for it!!! This sort of behaviour should be encouraged,
don't you think?

I think Atari should be flattered that Amiga users are going through SO
MUCH TROUBLE to run the awesome programs available on their (our) wonderful
machine!!!


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|S. Alan Ezust                                |  depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca|
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