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From: CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu (Charles Hannum)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Stoopid *nix freaks!
Message-ID: <90052.182144CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 90 23:21:44 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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WAKE UP, PEOPLE!  The whole world is not Unix!  As I've said before, I'm
running VM here, and I've got four VAXen running VMS.  What works on Unix
doesn't necessarily work on either of the two.

And when are you people going to get the sticks out of your ***** and switch
to xx{en,de}code?  Face it.  EBCDIC may not be pretty, but it exists.  And
it's all over the place.  And you ought to support it.  Currenty, you're
blocking the way for many users who would like to use the stuff posted here.
You people who are complaining  [OH GOD!  You might actually have to recompile
your {en,de}coder!!  OH NO!]  are being a bunch of lazy dweebs.  Get off your
butts and do something worthwhile.

In the time we've wasted arguing about {en,de}coders and archivers, we could
have all upgraded.

Incidentally, I'm going to find out what systems PAK is currently available
for and when it will be available for others, and if source is being distrib-
uted.  If we can get this running on everyone's machine, I think it would be
the best choice.


Virtually,
- Charles Martin Hannum II       "Klein bottle for sale ... inquire within."
    (That's Charles to you!)     "To life immortal!"
  cmh117@psuvm.{bitnet,psu.edu}  "No noozzzz izzz netzzzsnoozzzzz..."
  c9h@psuecl.{bitnet,psu.edu}    "Mem'ry, all alone in the moonlight ..."