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From: timd@aiai.uucp (Tim Duncan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog
Subject: Re: Turbo Prolog Versions
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Date: 14 Feb 90 20:53:50 GMT
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In article <1592@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> cdsm@doc.ic.ac.uk (Chris Moss) wrote:
>This is the second such request to occur on this net in a couple of days and it
>worries me. Newsgroups such as this should avoid giving advice about ripped off
>software.
>
>Now I am certainly not the one to "cast the first stone"! What you do is your
>business. But newsgroups shouldn't become like the more grubby bulletin boards.
>Anyway, AIAI should be able to afford the peanuts that Turbo costs!

Firing from the hip is dangerous, Chris, especially when it involves quoting 
out of context. The message you quoted from continues:

>   Is the problem that our version of Turbo is out of date (the manual is
> copyright 1986)? Or are the instructions for the application at fault?
>   More generally, is there any upgrade policy for Turbo Prolog, or would
> anyone wanting to upgrade have to buy the whole system again?

I see nothing there to suggest that the system was "ripped off", in fact the
phrase "buy the whole system again" implies that it was legitimately purchased
(which it was). Perhaps if we are to avoid becoming like  "the more grubby 
bulletin boards" Chris Moss should read articles with a little more care before
making irresponsible accusations.


	-- Tim