Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!vortex!lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA From: lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: News article on AT&T Message-ID: <1341@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Jun-84 16:07:23 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1341 Posted: Wed Jun 27 16:07:23 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 30-Jun-84 07:13:28 EDT Lines: 12 From: Lauren Weinstein Given the way that the popular press mangles virtually every story, particularly stories with any sort of technical content, the odds are that Jack accurately described the educational licensing procedure (which, for all practical purposes, was indeed free) and then the reporter "simplified" the statement for the story, damaging the meaning in the process. Have you ever been involved in an actual "news event" and then seen how the event gets reported? Science fiction, man. --Lauren--