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From: ritzenth@bgsuvax.UUCP (Phil Ritzenthaler)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: 417K waste of money postings (was: Re: PICNIX V3)
Message-ID: <2197@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 12 May 88 20:48:06 GMT
References: <1559@slvblc.UUCP> <111@pigs.UUCP>
Organization: The Land Beneath the Forest Moon of Endor
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In article <111@pigs.UUCP>, haugj@pigs.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) writes:
> In article <1559@slvblc.UUCP>, dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) writes:
> > This newest version of the PiCnix collection is not currently
> > available from any public or private BBS, so you'll see it here
> > first!
> 
> first, picnix is a shareware product

1.) many things posted are sharware . . . how about Zmodem??  Why didn't you
    complain about that??  

> secondly, we know what picnix is and another version has already
> been posted to usenet recently.

2.)  The version posted was old, old, old!!  This is the latest and greatest
     version!  I (and I suppose many others) APPRECIATE being updated to the
     latest versions.

> thirdly, the cost of transmitting this product is once again being
> borne by the net without their consent, per se.  

3.)  Oh, bullpoop!  If you had been paying attention, a few months ago there
     was much on this bandwidth about Picnix and many wanting to be updated or
     trying to find where the author was!

> fourthly, the cost of acquiring picnix from a public access site is
> minimal.  

4.)  Fine, I'll send you my minimal bill so you can pay it . . .


> fifth, the posters in comp.binaries.ibm.pc don't seem to have the
> connectivity to be providing useful services to the net.
                                    .
                                    .
                                    .
> . . . are we
> really going to let pc-clone users spend all of the net's money and
> provide nothing in return?

5.)  I'm not going to even honor this with a comment.  John's one-sided
     selfishness against pc-clones is really showing through.  Besides, who
     is John and why is he making such a nuisance of himself?

> if you missed a part COME AND GET IT YOURSELF!
> - john.

fine . . . give us your Internet address and we'll all get it . . . OH, you
don't have one?  Only UUCP . . . hmmmmm, gee, that'll cost MONEY.  And since
we NNTP our news from another site (which DOESN'T cost MONEY) I think the
choice is obvious . . .

Flames to /dev/null . . . no bums allowed!

-- 
Phil Ritzenthaler    UUCP :.!cbosgd!osu-cis!bgsuvax!ritzenth 
                     ARPA : ritzenth@andy.bgsu.edu   

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