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- From: pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak)
- Subject: Re: Byte should dump Pournelle (was Re: Windows 3.1 virus attacks OS/2 2.0!)
- Message-ID: <pathak-140892101350@virtual.mitre.org>
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- References: <9208110533.AA23393@SPUNKY.CS.NYU.EDU> <rick.33.713554348@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> <weinkam.713648226@sfu.ca>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:22:24 GMT
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- In article <weinkam.713648226@sfu.ca>, weinkam@fraser.sfu.ca (James
- Lawrence Weinkam) wrote:
- >
- > Why complain about one of his good Joe User columns?
-
- I know people are upset because Pournelle is just does some really dumb
- things at times but in reality, he does things that other users tend to do.
- My biggest problem with his columns isn't that he makes mistakes but when
- they do occur he gets the VENDORS to come out and fix them. The average
- Joe User doesn't get this level of support. When Jerry's columns initially
- came out, he was forced to go through the same help lines that "Joe User"
- has to go through. Now that is column is popular, he gets special
- treatment and that (IMHO) detracts from the usefulness (and humor) of his
- columns.
-
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