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From: w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ALED goes to the wastebasket here in Iceland
Summary: This is a communications problem, not a cultural issue!
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Date: 17 Jun 91 18:06:53 GMT
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I think everyone is missing the main question.  Why didn't the
original complainer send a private e-mail to the author (whose address
*was* provided), asking if he would please add 8th bit support to his
editor.  Instead of doing that, the complainer posted to the whole
world that he was throwing the editor away because it didn't support
the 8th bit.  That was NOT fair to the author.  You didn't give him a
chance!

Stop trying to make this a cultural issue.  We all agree that 8th bit
support is the modern approach.  You'll get a lot better response by
asking nicely than by flaming.

By the way, I haven't received any sample text and/or exact
instructions on how to configure a PC in the USA to allow authors to
*see* what 8th bit users need.  Instead, I've received messages saying
that I should look in the MS-DOS manual and figure it out for myself.
Can you blame authors for ignoring answers like that?

Keith
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