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From: bruce@atncpc.UUCP (Bruce Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXTStep 2.0 Completed
Summary: uhhhhh
Message-ID: <356@atncpc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Nov 90 17:24:20 GMT
References: <352@atncpc.UUCP> <57237@brunix.UUCP>
Organization: Ashton Tate NCPC, San Jose, CA.
Lines: 39

In article <57237@brunix.UUCP>, rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony) writes:
> 
> Now to the personal part:
> 
> Your posting is more than insulting. Did you think about what these
> 'bloodthirsty' people do:
> We encouraged dozens of people to buy third party hard drives, thereby
.....
> party drives. This will save us a lot of time in dealing with tedious
> problems. Up to now, however, people asked us when they had problems.
> Asking $45 for that is certainly not too much.
> 
> >[Organization: Ashton Tate NCPC, San Jose, CA.]
> 
> If someone out there is bloodthirsty then it might be companies like
> Asthon-Tate with their law suits, but not us asking $45 when people
> can save a couple thousand dollars by using our program.
> And in case you shouldn't have realized it, one does not get rich this
> way. 
> 
> Axel and Ronald 

First:

I would like to apologise about the bloodthirsty bit.  It was uncalled for.
I'm sure you guys are trying to make a contribution to the cause.

Second:

The F*$%&ing lawsuits of Ashton Tate embarass and annoy the hell out of
me, too.  I have never claimed to speak for Ashton Tate, and they have 
never claimed to be acting on my behalf or with my blessing (heck, they
didn't even consult me.... 8-)

In the future, If you want to flame someone, it is usually useless to 
attack thier employer's actions, most employees could care less what
the "dudes upstairs" do to amuse themselves.

Bruce