Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site h-sc1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!h-sc1!edwards From: edwards@h-sc1.UUCP (william edwards) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: Unipress and Gnumacs Message-ID: <521@h-sc1.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 20:03:44 EDT Article-I.D.: h-sc1.521 Posted: Sun Aug 11 20:03:44 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 00:47:19 EDT References: <4919@mit-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: edwards@h-sc1.UUCP (william edwards) Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center Lines: 27 Keywords: "slimy"? In article <4919@mit-eddie.UUCP> mly@mit-prep writes: >However, I think that you will find that Unipress itself is as slimey as >any other corporation in the business --- don't let one good >impression spoil their image! =;-) DISCLAIMER: The following does not represent anyone's opinion but my own. It does not reflect the official stance of Harvard University. FLAME: I guess mly's comments are more fallout from the great Gosling code controversy, but I find them unhelpful and unconstructive. Just what does he mean by "slimy"? Is he accusing Unipress of illegal or immoral acts? If he is, he had better either substantiate what he says with hard facts, or not express such opinions in "print" (yes, this arguably "printed material" you're reading). Such remarks veer close to libel. GNU is not going to help its cause by indiscriminately calling people or companies "slimy". These remarks have no bearing on what I think of GNUemacs or of the GNU project as a whole. GNUemacs is a fantastic editor, and the cause of a public-domain UNIX is a noble one. Let's not endanger that cause with useless acrimony. Bill Edwards