SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (05/24/89)
>> pnet01!crash!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!obsolete!pro-carolina!delton >> >>Ok, let's face it, Pirating is wrong, but some companies ask for it when they >>try to sell something like Gauntlet GS for $35. To me that is the same as >>saying "pirate me, pirate me, pirate me." Warz like Merlin 16+, Paintworks >>money. > >I have stayed out of this discussion so far...but this just hit me pretty >hard. Now, who are you to say...ah, this software sucks, lets pirate it! It's pretty clear that there isn't any 'standard' form for attributing quoted text (or rather there are several incompatible 'standards'). Hence, please do try and remember to check whether the text you're quoting is accurately attributed (or remove the attribution altogether). I've been following this thread, so I KNOW that Don Elton <delton> did NOT make the statement apparently attributed in the message quoted above (he probably replied causing somebody's mailer to associate his address with that text). If I were Don, I'd be appalled at finding myself quoted as writing something 180 degrees from my position (even understanding how such things happen, I still think it's objectionable). Although this appears to be a flame, it's not intended as such. What IS intended is a reminder to pay more attention to what your mailer's automatic functions actually are doing (have we all learned by now not to totally trust the "reply" option? -- did you hear about the corporate voice mail user who opined a romantic reply of sweet nothings which got sent to everyone in the office instead of only the originator?). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)