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From: sam@VAX.FTP.COM
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: misquoting . . . .
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Date: 18 Nov 88 19:53:07 GMT
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Steve Dyer writes:
>Putting aside your description of the Globe as "respectable", I would
>like to think that the media's portrayal of Robert as "brilliant" and
>"ingenious" comes from the many interviews with people who know him and
>have worked with him, all of whom will gladly offer comments describing
>him as brilliant, his work ingenious, his manner uniformly helpful,
>and his intentions always free of malice.  This particular event is
>certainly confusing to those of us who harbor such opinions, but it's
>also not enough to sweep them away.
>
>Sherri, I've known assholes, I've worked with assholes, and RTM
>is no asshole.

(I won't pick on you about my name spelling since someone else already
caught your error... :-)

I think you're misunderstanding me.  My posting was not meant to express
my opinion as to the asshole-ish-ness of RTM.  My personal opinion on
the virus and what the consequences should be is irrelevant to the
argument I was presenting.  In this forum alone we have people expressing
opinions on RTM ranging from marriage proposals to wanting him shot.
My complaint against the Globe (or whatever news medium we want to pick
on - most have been the same on this issue) is that they are *only*
presenting the folk-hero image of RTM while there are lots and lots of
people out there who would have some not-so-nice things to say about him.
I think this is imbalanced and definitely contributes to the warped
public image that not only hackers but all of us in the computer industry
are suffering from.

Shelli (that's with two l's and an i) Meyers
...who works for but doesn't speak for FTP Software, Inc.