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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
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Subject: Re: rms says...
Message-ID: <11397@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 12 Feb 91 02:54:36 GMT
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In article <1991Feb9.185803.18482@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes:
: You know that, I know that, but the shoestrings just got pulled even tighter
: at Telotech and we'd be hard put to respond to such frivolous lawsuit without
: getting into serious financial trouble right off the bat.  Besides, while the
: *scripts* are disclaimed, I can see some overambitious lawyer claiming that
: the fact that Perl is shipped with the system is grounds for the system being
: free --- again, frivolous, but still pushing the boundaries.

Suits are paid to analyze such risks and take them.

Too much caution is as dangerous as too little--it just takes longer to lose.

"Angels rush in where fools fear to tread."  :-)

Larry