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From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Did I blow it?  (Tektronix take note)
Message-ID: <962@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 12:13:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 12:13:16 1985
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[ the bug that dares not speak its name... ]

What has gone before:
	Someone publishes article saying Tektronix plotter is unreliable.
	Same person gets nasty phone call from Tek employee, with threats
	of legal action if he libels Tek on the net again.
	Person then publishes this on the net, asking if he can really
	be subject to legal action.

The responses so far:
	All seem to assume that Tek approved this Tek employee's threat.

Hello out there?
	Like, for sure, it's  official company policy everytime YOU
	post to the net, or pick up your phone, right?  Totally?
	I mean, your super is just like hanging on every word you
	like, say, and thinks it's just bitchin' to issue these
	like, tubular threats to customers.  For sure for sure.

Gag me with a spoon.
	By now, you may have noticed that the thousands of sites 
	on the net contain at least a few individuals who do not
	seem to be too firmly in touch with reality.  

So, if you don't want to watch corporate sites dropping out of the
	net, nor be forced to issue a disclaimer everytime you hit
	your "r" or "f" keys...

then perhaps it would be wise to assume that people are speaking
	for themselves on the net.


-- 
'And I will do all these good works, and I will do them for free!  My 
 only reward will be a tombstone that says "Here lies Gomez Addams --
 he was good for nothing.' " -- from  "The Addams Family"  by Jack Sharkey

Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC
1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706
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