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From: turner@imagen.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16,net.mail
Subject: Re: abuse of the net
Message-ID: <360@imagen.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-May-86 22:51:27 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  8 22:51:27 1986
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> In article <306@sdcarl.UUCP>, tre@sdcarl.UUCP (Tom Erbe) writes:
> > I logged on to the Atari Home Base BBS last night and found many useful
> > programs.  However, I do not wish to pay for the phone time.  Would any
> > one at Atari be willing to make these programs available by E-mail???
> > 	thomas r. erbe
> > 	{ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax}!sdcarl!tre
> 
> Sure, let's let {ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax} pay so this guy can
> play with his Atari.  After all, he can't afford it, but they
> can.  In fact, why not just post the entire contents of the BBS to
> the net -- then *everybody* can pay for the phone time.
> 
> This doesn't even rate a :v} because it's not funny.
> 
> Every morning I get up and say "why do I flame so much on the net when
> I'm trying to be kinder in my personal life?"  Every night I run into these
> bozos though...
> -- 
> John Gilmore  {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu   jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa

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why not indeed ? i am in the process of implementing the recently
posted automatic retrival program for mod.sources and i am
considering included as much of the atari16 sources as i can get my
hands on. since when is the purpose of the net changed from the free
exchange of ideas and information ? i certainly believe that
software falls into that catagory. 
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