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- From: Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org>
- Subject: Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long)
- Organization: ZOOiD BBS
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 06:12:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.061216.18409@zooid.guild.org>
- References: <1993Jan7.192103.16828@netcom.com> <1ii7alINNon4@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu> <1993Jan7.220154.446@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- brian@jaguar.cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
- >In article <1ii7alINNon4@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu> spexet@math.lsa.umich.edu (D. Robert Spexet II) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan7.192103.16828@netcom.com> rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
- >>>I joined the Developers Assistance Program and through that arm
- >>>obtained a verbal assurance that there would be "no problem" obtaining
- >>>said source code since there was nothing proprietary. Based on this
- >>>assurance and the license I had negotiated for using the interpreter I
- >>>quit my day job to live off my savings and develop this product which I
- >>>was going to call SimpleScript.
- >>
- >>Not to question your judgement in this case, but do you think that it was
- >>really a wise move to do what you did on the basis of a verbal promise,
- >>with nothing backing it up in writing?
- >
- >
- >I think you misunderstand Bob's problem. All he wanted was a sample printer
- >driver. IBM should have had this available well before OS/2 2.0 GA shipped.
- >The point is that they didn't, and they still don't.
- >I would agree with you comment if Bob had wanted something unusual from
- >IBM, but this is standard stuff.
- >
- >Brian
- >--
- >C. Brian Sturgill NeXTStep 486 is for _YOU_!!!!
- >University of Utah Microsoft needs competition, but I want
- >Center for Software Science to be one of the many running Windows NT!
- >brian@cs.utah.edu; CIS: 70363,1373 :-) :-) :-) NT SDK: $69; (800) 227-4679
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- Mr. Sturgill,
-
- currently there is only one side of the story known. This is not to say
- that there might have been a misunderstanding or a problem but it is to
- early to jump to conclusions based only on one side of the story. Let's
- wait and see what will occur and what the reponse will be.
-
- Best Regards,
- Mark K.
- E-Mail: kovarski@zooid.guild.org
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