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- From: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson)
- Subject: Re: FontGDOS WORKS!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.140622.23832@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov
- Reply-To: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov
- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <1992Aug27.095804.25323@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:06:22 GMT
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- >In article <1992Aug26.160453.9574@pbhya.PacBell.COM> dbsuthe@pbhya.PacBell.COM
- >(Daniel B. Suthers) writes (WRT FontGDOS):
- >>Thank you, Atari, for releasing it as freeware. It makes my whole system much
- >>more usable. Now how about a quick note concerning the policy that it ONLY
- >>be available from GEnie? (I can think of several good reasons, but I would
- >>like Atari's)
-
- Well, as I understand it, there was a 30 day restriction in regards to the
- GEnie upload of FGDOS; in that period the files could not be posted anywhere
- else but on GEnie. Atari has taken a lot of flak over this policy but heck,
- GEnie _is_ their official online service, ya know. Besides, the 30 days is
- up now, I'm sure, so it should be free for uploading to any public BBS.
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- ___________________________ John "HUTCH" Hutchinson _________________________
- _________________ Fair Dinkum Technologies Member - IAAD _______________
- ________________ "No worries, mate... it's from Fair Dinkum!" _______________
- ____________ email: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov GEnie: FAIR-DINKUM _____________
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