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From: bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: If insulting everyone else could make OS/2 a success...
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Date: 16 May 91 00:09:44 GMT
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> Of course, I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt.  Your post sounds
> like you're another "Unix puke", and if I had half a mind (and my morning
> cup of coffee), I'd nuke you, like I did the last guy who tried to invade.

And you probably would have spent the rest of the day with a smug
expression on your face, oblivious to the embarrassed stares of
your management and co-workers.

Larry, you post messages (like the one I read in the same news-feed with
bitmap-accessing source code) that indicates that you are an intelligent
individual, but it just doesn't make up for posts like the above.  Has
it slipped past you that you posted this message on what is primarily 
a Unix newsfeed?  Just whom is "invading" whom in that situation?

The company you work for (and advertise that fact in your .sig banner)
is pulling out all the stops in a desperate attempt to make the upcoming
OS/2 2.0 acceptable to the business community that has to date spurned
their earlier attempts.  IMHO, OS/2 2.0 has a shot (a long shot, but a shot)
at doing so.  People with your attitude aren't helping matters any.

> Additionally, I have a reputation for being obnoxious...

Adding that statement to your signature may qualify as an apology, but
not as an excuse.


Bert Tyler
bert@helix.nih.gov