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From: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Further file format problems
Message-ID: <1968@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 19:32:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1968
Posted: Tue Jun  2 19:32:35 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jun-87 01:35:13 EDT
References: <8705280817.AA02563@ingres.Berkeley.EDU> <162@l5comp.UUCP>
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 49

In article <162@l5comp.UUCP> scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner) writes:
>[]
>Also, the last Amiga mail carries a plea that can be summarized as:
>
>Many of the tech support people can be found on electronic networks. They are
>doing this on their own time and out of the goodness of their hearts. Thus
>the plea continues, we should keep this in mind and be nice to them.

   The exact quote from AmigaMail is:

"One final note, several of the Commodore-Amiga personnel are participating
on BIX in their free time.  I am most grateful for their participation and
hope that you will be too (especially when you get a reply from someone
at one in the morning)."

   This is totally true.  Several CBM and C-A software engineers and some
of the FORMER Commodore-Amiga (Los Gatos) OS designers answer questions
in our official developer conferences on BIX in their free time.
 
>[]
>Again I invite those of you in netland to inspect the postings of the CATS
>people...  For example...
>[message header]
>The above message was posted at 10:19:07 local time...

   I have three phone lines.  Sometimes I'm taking voice questions on two
while answering BIX questions on the third.  Sometimes I'm taking voice
questions on all three WHILE writing code on my Amiga AND handling email
or answering usenet questions on my terminal during compiles.
    [ That's  ((PHONE|PHONE|PHONE)&PROGRAMMING&(EMAIL|USENET)) ]

   Sometimes, after everyone's gone home, including the developers three
time zones away, I get to code in peace.  Or answer usenet postings that
I've repeatedly marked as unread in hopes of getting time to answer them.
    
>[]
>I don't know about the CATS people, but I pay $10 an hour so 'l5comp' can reach
>out an touch its newsfeed. I also pay $10 an hour to read all flames directed
>my way via E-Mail. And $10 an hour to respond via E-Mail.

   Other people are also paying to read this net.  I think we should just
drop this whole thing.  If you don't agree, please respond via Email.
I will gladly forward your messages locally.
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