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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Scareware
Message-ID: <1990Mar10.020747.29783@pegasus.com>
Date: 10 Mar 90 02:07:47 GMT
References: <14010@s.ms.uky.edu> <125816@midas.UUCP> <635@magnus.Hotline.Com> <34812@watmath.waterloo.edu> <10612@hoptoad.uucp> <1370@utoday.UUCP>
Reply-To: richard@pegasus.UUCP (Richard Foulk)
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
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In article <1370@utoday.UUCP> greenber@.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
>In article <10612@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>>
>>If the Usenet gives you such a lousy "registration rate", why not
>>simply go where you are appreciated?  Trying to sell to people who
>>dislike your whole concept is not usually a good use of your time.
>
>John, let me repeat: I don't post my stuff on Usenet for a variety
>of reasons.  If my stuff has ever been posted on Usenet, it is without
>my permision and without my knowledge.

This Ross guy sure wants to have it both ways at once.  If he's not
holding out hope that someday Usenet will become a willing delivery
system for his wares then why has he been the most prolific poster
to this discussion?

>I'm not trying to sell anything to anyone -- [...]

"The check's in the mail."

> [...]                                       except for trying to simply
>state that, if you don't register whatever shareware you use, you should
>stop using it.

Says who?  Why?

The law says it belongs to me already.  But you'll notice that Ross
stays way away from that argument.

Ross sure spews lots of words at us for someone that's "not trying to
sell anything to anyone".



(Sorry, I know most people have gone into ignore mode with this guy,
his attitude just really bothers me.)
-- 
Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com