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- From: palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: Donating software to, e.g., Soviet Union
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:10:42 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA
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- cmenzel@kbssun1.tamu.edu (Chris Menzel) writes:
-
- >I recall a campaign to collect software, computer books, etc. to send
- >to countries where such items are in short supply. I came into a
- >complete copy of an older version of the MS assembler that I have no
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >use for, and this seems like an appropriate thing to do with it. Any
- >info appreciated.
-
- Boy, the Cold War just isn't over for you, yet, is it? :-) What are
- you trying to do... set back their software engineering skills by 20
- years?
-
- In all seriousness, this is a good idea. But be sure that old versions
- have not been UPGRADED, since upgrades require that the old versions be
- destroyed (not passed along to your friends/coworkers/etc.). We have a
- big problem with this at work, and the contracts people are having fits.
-
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