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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: contacts in Norman, OK
Message-ID: <39202@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Mar 90 19:20:57 GMT
References: <9003050139.AA19408@apple.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <9003050139.AA19408@apple.com> KMILES@CC.USU.EDU ("KURT MILES, VAX/MICRO CONSULTANT") writes:
>I will be shortly (like 2 weeks) be moving to Norman Oklahome, and as a result
>of leaving school will be losin all contact with this and the other axxounts I
>have.  
>
>Is there anyone out in netland that can tell me what the policis are at Univ.
>Of OK about part-time student access to the University computers and the
>availability of bitnet or internet accounts?
>
>Also, are there any public access or local boards where I could continue to
>receive this netgroup?  
>
>The folks on this net have been _EXTREMELY_ helpful to me when I have had
>problems, and I want to say to Andy and Dave (all of them) and Matt and Scott
>and everyone else who has provided a lot of expert advice and help that I truly
>appreciate their help.  I hope you guys don't take all the bitching from the
>net personally, because if you ever get mad and leave, I think everyone would
>be hurting.
>
>I have immensely enjoyed my time in this group, and I hope to be back soon, but
>just in case:
>
>Best of everything to all of you, now and in the future.
>
>Kurt Miles
>
>KMILES@USU (bitnet)
>KMILES@cc.usu.edu  (internet)
>
It's probably not really wise to admit it, but I do take some of it personally.
I probably always will, too, since I pour so much of myself into the machine
and trying to help the people who use it and write software for it.  To see
things I was involved with irresponsibly slimed by people frustrated at "Apple"
sets off an auto-defense mechanism.

Other Apple people who used to read this newsgroup left it because all they got
for their dozens of hours a week on it was bitching and whining and moaning
that "Apple", *which includes them*, "wasn't doing anything for them."

I like to think that Norman, Oklahoma has produced some fine Apple II folks.
This is easily justified by the fact that just about two years ago this week,
I left Norman, OK for Cupertino, CA to work on the Apple II.

When I left, you could simply enroll in ENGR 3510 ($35) to get a MultiMAX
account with internet access.

Eat at Dave's Hole-In-The-Wall Pizza on Campus Corner and tell them I sent you.
Go watch the marching band practice in the fall at Wadsack and Asp.  Make
Computers/Associates on West Main your Apple dealer.  And go to the symphonic
band concerts.  (Go ahead, someone, I dare you to ask questions about the
music of Claude T. Smith.)

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