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From: robinson@pravda.gatech.edu (Stephen M. Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: moving mouse pointer under program control
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Date: 9 Feb 89 18:57:07 GMT
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Reply-To: robinson@pravda (Stephen M. Robinson)
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Dear Tim:
  Since you did not deem it worthy of your time to respond to my personal
note to you and since you continue to sit in your ivory tower and haughtily
spout off about OS revs, compatibility, etc. I will reply via a more public
forum.

  First, I am not a "hapless author" with little idea of what I am doing.
What in fact I am doing is using the computer as a tool to study human
behavior.  As a computer scientist I am concerned with the esoteric and
practical issues of writing portable code and such.  However, I am also
concerned with getting the computer to serve *me* and not vice versa.  I
needed a way of moving the mouse pointer under program control (and no
thanks to you now I have it).  Nothing less, nothing more.  If I want to
write an exploratory program that is subsequently washed out by a new OS
rev, that is my concern.  It serves my current research needs.  It seems that
if you are really in the business of making computers useful you should be
willing to help another competent professional attain that end in the way
best suited to his/her needs at the time.  Your attitude is not conducive
to the cooperation for which this kind of news group was set up.  I don't
mind being warned about what I'm getting myself into nor do I mind opinions
about what should go into a good interface but the judgemental attitude I can
do without.

Stephen Robinson