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From: edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Atari ST emulator for the Amiga: Atari's position
Message-ID: <1990Oct22.091409.13511@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 22 Oct 90 09:14:09 GMT
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v092mgp5@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott K Wood) writes:

>In article <2991@jaytee.East.Sun.COM>, gaudreau@juggler.East.Sun.COM (Joe Gaudreau - Sun BOS Software) writes...
>>In article <41568@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v092mgp5@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu:
>>>   Regarding this entire thread of messages...Does it really matter what
>>>Atari's position is about the emulator?
>>Yes, it does.
>> 

>   Why does it matter?  I honestly don't see what is going to be 
>gained by prolonging this thread of messages.  What will you do if it is 
>proven illegal?  No one but the author knows who wrote the program, so there
>certainly isn't a chance for prosecution.  Beyond that, whether Atari thinks
>this product is illegal or not just doesn't make a difference.  Sure we 
>could all go into a long discussion about copyright violations and such, 
>but I'm sure we are all familiar with them.  If you want to discuss "Atari's
>position" post it in the Atari area, not the Amiga area.

I would expect that many of the people who are interested in the atari
emulator (obviously some people, or no-one would be talking about it)
would like to know whether they are going to have some lawyers
knocking on their doors, and stealing their computers :-) besides, the
atari newsgroups aren't all that much better than the amiga newsgroups.


>   With nearly 300 messages a day in this area, I would rather read about
>Amigas than "Atari's position" on some harmless hack that isn't going to 
>make a hell of a difference in the Amiga or ST world.

Then read about amigas, and ignore this subject, or better still, use
the 'kill' key (apologies if you don't use a good newsreader).
This is obviously why these groups should be split up.  Stop whinging.
If you want to see fewer messages here, then lobby harder for the group
split-up.

rik
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