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From: pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: WARNING  Microsoft C V5.1 Setup  WARNING
Message-ID: <563@hscfvax.harvard.edu>
Date: 6 May 88 04:51:10 GMT
References: <1455@slvblc.UUCP> <3401@tekgvs.TEK.COM> <882@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM>
Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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Keywords: stupid careless write-protect backup shucks darn

In article <882@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM>, del@Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) writes:
> 
> ........... Why should the manufacturer have to spend the extra money to 
> write protect the disks?

  What "extra money" ????

> Or check to see the user doesn't have something silly in the environment?

  Why should a manufacturer do anything ?  

   greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny





  (........ ask GM and Ford.......)