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From: mercury@ut-ngp.UUCP (Larry E. Baker)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: Piracy???? (Flame response)
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 13:30:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 13:30:14 1985
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From: district@ny1mm.DEC (1309@decwrl.UUCP)

> Hi All. My name is DOCTOR VAX and as a PIRATE I would like to answer some
> of the STUPID statements of Joel McCormack.....

Wouldn't this tone be better off in net.flame?

> his product was SHIT!!! Take it from me I know. He acknowledges that he didn't 
I think this is uncalled for.  Whether or not the product was worth
anything at all, it is not nececssary to publicly insult Joel and/or
his work.  I see you have asked us to belive you but you have cited no
specifics as to *why* his product 'was SHIT',  nor have you given us
any reason to accept your credibility.

> I DO have the RIGH{ to back up MY software. Look into the Laws you jerk......
  ....
> did and thats why your working for DEC [ouch that hurt]. By virtue of you 
> now working for dec means one of two thing. You talk good shit and got or
> job or you
> are a good programmer. I hope its the latter. A good businessman your not.

I don't see how this has any revelant bearing on the subject being
discussed.  I infer from your 'ouch that hurt' that you have a rather
low opinion of DEC, yet you call yourself 'Doctor VAX'.

> I have around 500 disks worth of software [not yours I deleted it] and some

And I bet you use it all, every day.  Let's see, 500 disks at about $5
a pop...that's about $2500 you have invested in an inert software
library.  I can see a real need for about 15 or 20 text editors, 5 or
6 spreadsheets, etc., and I'll bet you just have shelves and shelves
of the documentation that makes it useful at all.

> So in Summary it sounds like your just a pissed off [on] businessman
> and looking for a SCAPEGOAT. As for the MORALITY of it YOUR FULL OF SHIT!!!!!
>
> I DIDN'T BRING DOWN YOUR BUSINESS-----YOU DID. YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO RUN IT
>      YOUR AN ASSHOLE. YOU FAILED AND CAN'T ADMIT IT!!! 
> IF AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOME GOOD SOFTWARE LET ME KNOW. I'D LIKE TO SIGN IT

Somehow I get the feeling that you've never read net.announce.  This
kind of writing is extreme even for net.flame.  Just ask Ken Arndt.

I'm sorry if this response sounds like the picky kind of flaming that
goes on periodically about spelling, english, grammer, etc. but this
person really rubs me the wrong way.  I've been reading the net for
about 6 months, and I have yet to see a letter as openly insulting and
pointless as this one outside of net.flame.

-- 
-  Larry Baker @ The University of Texas at Austin
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