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From: bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: free versions of complex software (Re: So let's talk about FSF)
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Date: 5 Oct 88 18:55:06 GMT
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Reply-To: bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells)
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In article <540@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
: Well, I guess this pretty well sums up the difference in attitudes
: between the UNIX community, and the real world: UNIX hackers seem to
: feel that software should only be used by knowledgeable experienced
: UNIX hackers -- forget the rest of the world, and don't bother checking
: for error conditions!

Before flaming an entire group of people, you would do well to
remember that such flames will almost never apply to all the
members of the group.

So, for myself, who *am* a UNIX hacker, and who does *not* expect
my software to be used by UNIX hackers, I ask for an apology and
request that you refrain from such blanket assertions in the
future.

Thank you.

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Bill

You can still reach me at proxftl!bill
But I'd rather you send to proxftl!twwells!bill