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From: ghenis.pasa@xerox.arpa
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Subject: Re: Mystic Pascal and the JRT RIPOFF
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 11:48:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 11:48:14 1985
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>> than Jim Tyson of JRT Pascal fame. Would you buy something from the
man who
>> pulled off the JRT scam? I sure as hell wouldn't, and I don't think
many
>
>This is the first I heard that JRT was a scam. I had heard that it was
badly
>non-standard and buggy, but what do you want for $30? Especially back
then.
>It might be less impressive than advertised, but what isn't? That
certainly
>doesn't make it a scam.
>
>...
>
JRT Pascal was a scam not because it was non-standard and buggy (which
is already pretty bad) but because towards the end JRT simply took
people's money and did not ship anything in return (also legally known
as mail fraud, although bankruptcy is a wonderful thing for getting out
of those situations). 

I'm glad to be warned that Jim Tyson is behind Mystic Pascal. I'm
willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in the JRT case and assume
that the flop was due to his ineptness and not an intent to defraud.
Nevertheless, I will not knowingly buy anything from him after the JRT
lesson. There are enough good, competent and competitive software
companies out there who truly deserve our business.