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From: slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Disclaimers
Message-ID: <267@sesame.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 04:00:33 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 11 04:00:33 1985
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> I'm sure there's already been a discussion on this that I somehow missed so
> maybe someone can send me the gist of it, otherwise..
> 
> Disclaimers are becoming more and more widespread, either with a semi-humorous
> or matter-of-fact style, from mostly company machines.  Now there are two
> reasons for their existence that I can see:  
> 
> 1)  People are somehow becoming conscientious of their postings and voluntarily
>     disavow the company's knowledge of their actions.  This I doubt (pardon
>     my scepticism).
>
I can't speak for the rest of the net, but I place my disclaimer in
voluntarily.  (I'm not even running on a Lotus machine)

Why?  I don't want every word out of my mouth being flung about
attributed to Lotus.  Their my crazy ideas and they can't have them!
 
-- 
Opinions expressed are public domain, and do not belong to Lotus
Development Corp.
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