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Subject: DIRTY DOZEN LIST 007 - An Open Letter
To: Eric Newhouse
From: Gerhard Barth
Date: January 10, 1987
I was greatly annoyed to see "someone named Gerhard Barth"
singled out in your latest Dirty Dozen list 007. Your
accusations that I "modified" the list, "added two files" and put
my name on the list so that people would think that I helped
write it are not true and grossly unfair. Here are the facts:
1. When David Neff started the Dirty Dozen List he
indicated that Sysops might want to edit his List into Bulletins
for posting on their Boards as they saw fit. This is exactly what
I (and many other Sysops) did.
2. I always shortened the rather long file into a
Bulletin suitable for online reading on my Board. This Bulletin
was never uploaded or otherwise circulated by me. The unedited
Dirty Dozen was listed in the D/L directories and available for
downloading without any modification.
3. On September 9, 1986 a Sysop forwarded a message
from a caller who got burned by NOTROJ.COM. Although I was not
at all convinced that NOTROJ was bad (I ran it on my system a few
times without any problems), I decided to add a special warning
to my Alert Bulletin. Contrary to your statement, NOTROJ was NOT
listed in your Dirty Dozen List at that time.
4. Shortly thereafter another caller reported that he
got burned with SUG.COM, a true worm which wipes out directories,
as was also reported later by PC Week. This is the second file I
added to the special warning in my Bulletin - and NOT to your DD
List. Again, your statement that this file was already listed in
DD is wrong, it isn't even listed in 007.
5. My Alert Bulletin always gives full credit to David
Neff and you. I added my name only because I didn't want anyone
to assume that the above changes and additions represented your
views.
6. I would hope that Dave Neff's original intent for DD
(to supply information on bad programs to Sysops) will remain
intact and that Sysops can continue to use it responsibly on
their Board as I did without being subject to unfair accusations.
I'm surprised that you didn't consider it appropriate to get
in touch with me before making such derogatory and misleading
statements. Obviously, you know how to reach me, having called
Tamiami before.
Gerhard Barth, Sysop
Tamiami BBS