clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser) (05/03/90)
In article <6537@cuphub.cup.edu> kar7481@cuphub.cup.edu (Dan Karbowsky; Cal.Univ.of PA-USA; AtariEliteOfPittsburghPA:bbs=(412)384-5609) writes: > >I (read my signature) ama member of the Atari Elite ST Organization, Inc. >of Pittsburgh. I was AT the show on Saturday--so were other members of >the A.E. and probably DOZENS of other groups too.... [rest of the 4-letter words deleted] Maybe so, but how many of these "other groups" have a lending library of COMMERCIAL software for their "members"? Bob was in Rochester that Saturday. To me, it looked like it would take ALOT to get him angry. He's a nice guy, and very down to earth. No, I was not at the PACE show (I have to do my homework SOMETIME). But if you have such a commercial lending library, and if you were openly talking about it at the meeting, then I have absolutly no sympathy for you. I'm an officer in a user group, so I know how things SHOULD work. Having a commercial library is like saying "I BORROW hubcaps off of other people's cars because they don't NEED them". Plain and simple: PIRACY SUCKS. If you guys practice it, I hope you get nailed to the wall. I can't see how "cross-town rivals" could cause such a furor if both PACE and AE are on an equal (re: non-piracy) footing. The fact that you used so many 4-letter words seems, at least to me, that you're awfully defensive. I wonder why..... Chris Freemesser, Rochester Institute of Technology ( THE ACORN BBS ||| BITNET: clf3678@ritvax ) (716)436-3078 ||| Usenet: clf3678@ultb.rit.isc.edu ( 2400 baud/42 megs / | \ GEnie: C.FREEMESSER ) full Atari support