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From: gsmith@GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: Maroney Archives, vol VII
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Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 03:32:39 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 12 03:32:39 1987
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  The following is a very interesting letter in which Tim Maroney
gets tough with our sysadmin who (the slime!) was not showing proper
deference to his superiors.

  Finally he drops the lawsuit threat. The story I heard was that
the "consultation with a friend" involved threats to the effect
that baseball bats would be applied with considerable velocity to
his property if he did not drop the lawsuit idea pronto. His
notion that he could *win* such a lawsuit seems like good
evidence for one of those assertions which have so annoyed Tim:
that he is a complete fool.

  If you check the dates on the letters he has been sending, you
will note they seem to be going out on a daily basis during this
period!

Date: Mon, 3 Aug 87 17:39:46 PDT
From: hoptoad.UUCP!tim@cgl.ucsf.edu (Tim Maroney)
To: postmaster@brahms.Berkeley.EDU

After consultation with a friend, I have decided not to pursue the
possibility of a lawsuit.  It is my opinion that such a suit would be
justified and would be successful; however, it would also have a chilling
effect on the network as a whole if the precedent established was not
entirely clear to everyone in a position of authority on the network,
and of course it never could be made so clear.

However, unless I hear from you by Wednesday, I will make an appointment
with the math department chair, and I will supply him with the evidence
of harrassment I have provided you before the meeting.  I will be sure to
mention the fact that you have rudely refused to respond to my complaints.

Tim Maroney