Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gcc-opus.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!gcc-opus!brad From: brad@gcc-opus.ARPA (Brad Parker) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Disk Backup on the Macintosh(posting to net.sources). Message-ID: <194@gcc-opus.ARPA> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 14:44:01 EST Article-I.D.: gcc-opus.194 Posted: Mon Jan 14 14:44:01 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 03:44:26 EST References: <195@aluxp.UUCP> <183@gcc-opus.ARPA> <1858@sdcc6.UUCP> Reply-To: brad@gcc-opus.UUCP (Brad Parker) Distribution: net Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (creators of Ms. Pacman) Lines: 29 Summary: In article <1858@sdcc6.UUCP> ir408@sdcc6.UUCP (ir408) writes: >As someone who has wasted a large amount of time (an invaluable >commodity to some of us) replacing protected software, I find the >cavalier attitude of Mr. Parker contemptable. As a "toolmaker" I know >that I cannot control the purpose to which my tools are put, and am >realistic enough to know that I cannot dictate morality to those who use >the information I impart to them. I have one sure solution to the >problem of having your ideas "ripped off". Don't have any. Judging by >your most recent example, we will not be missing out on much. > >Jeff E Mandel MD >SDCC6!IR408 >UCSD Anesthesia Research > In reply, I hardly think I'm trying to dictate morality. I simply think that posting such a program to a public net might not be responcible. As to my ideas, you don't know me, so I doubt you could give an accurate synopsis. Thanks for the kind words. ps: you're right, it's Byrne. Sorry David. -- J Bradford Parker uucp: seismo!harvard!gcc-opus!brad otherwise: what else is there ? "Say something once, Why say it again ?" - David Byrne