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From: rmpinchback@watmum.waterloo.edu (Reid M. Pinchback)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.emacs
Subject: Re: MicroEmacs, MicroSpell, Micro...
Summary: Attitudes Towards PD/Shareware Software Writers
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Date: 3 Nov 88 04:24:32 GMT
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In article <573@rabbit1.UUCP> dml@rabbit1.UUCP (David Langdon) writes:
>Earlier this year, there were a number of postings to the effect that a
>new version of MicroEMACS, MicroSPELL, and MicroSCRIBE (???) would be
>posted to the net this fall. Did I miss them, were they delayed, did the
>author become permantently disabled????? If someone could post the status
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   This is something I've seen more and more of in the last year or so
on Usenet.  A few hard-working people (who usually have REAL jobs and
their own personal lives to conduct) attempt to produce and distribute
software for the general public, on a free or voluntary fee basis.  When
users don't get these people to jump up and down at their beck and call,
we begin to see increased net bandwidth consisting of messages containing
snide remarks and personal slights.  Though I'm as interested in seeing
new versions of uEMACS come out as the next person, I'll be damned if I
can see why the author would BOTHER!  Requests for info are reasonable,
but David, don't you think it would make more sense to sound encouraging
instead of sarcastic?  If my position seems a bit harsh, then by all means
get a copy of the EMACS source, and start looking at the effort required
to produce a MS-DOS version of that product.


      Reid M. Pinchback