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- From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
- Subject: Re: Old software
- References: <1992Jul24.195917.26248@microsoft.com> <1992Jul23.213357.28919@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
- Message-ID: <Bs1v31.CHK@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:35:25 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1992Jul24.195917.26248@microsoft.com> darekm@microsoft.com (Darek Mihocka) writes:
- >
- >Amazing. Not only are you offering to pirate software and telling other
- >people to do so, but you're actually offering to do this for people.
-
- [Much ranting omitted.]
-
- >And give me a break. You 8-bit users are all pirates anyway, even though
- >only Jeff here will admit it in public. You want me to believe that
- >your typical Joe 6 Pack Atari user [...]
-
- >BULL****!!!! You are a complete disgrace to the Atari community. I hope
- >you not only get sued by every 8-bit software developer past and present
- >but that you lose your net privilidges as well. You're also pretty stupid.
- >By blatantly offering your piracy services in public, you're opening yourself
- >for all sorts of trouble. Moron.
- >
- >- Darek
-
- My, you're a BITTER little person, aren't you?
-
- You refuse to explain the whole story, but I gather that you wrote some
- software (an 8-bit emulator for the ST and/or PC) and apparently it was
- pirated. Because of that, the entire Atari community is now *nothing* but
- pirates - "Joe 6 Pack" pirates, even. Fascinating.
-
- Either jettison this emotional baggage you're carrying, or quit reading
- this group. It'll do wonders for your blood pressure and add years to
- your life.
-
-