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From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: INFO-MICRO Digest V88 #155
Message-ID: <1287@micomvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 88 19:34:23 GMT
References: <880918034616.00001060061@cim-vax.HONEYWELL.COM>
Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada
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In article <880918034616.00001060061@cim-vax.HONEYWELL.COM>
   postmaster@CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM writes:
 >From : INFO-MICRO@SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
 ....
 >INFO-MICRO Digest           Sun, 18 Sep 88       Volume 88 : Issue 155
 ....
 >Today's Topics:
 >              Info on new public domain archiving system
 >            New public domain archiving system development
 >----------------------------------------------------------------------
 >
 >Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1988  17:54 MDT
 >From: Keith Petersen 
 >Subject: Info on new public domain archiving system
 >
 >Captured from the Exec-PC Business Board  414/964-5160
 >
 >   conf: FILE COMPRESSION FORUM  #1612  08-31-88  20:06
 >   from: PHIL KATZ 
 >subject: PLANS
 >
 >Well, I think it's a little to early for an official product
 >announcement or anything...
 > ....
 > [hundreds of lines of a bbs "conversation" deleted]

Well, I may be somewhat cynical, but I just did *not* believe that that was
a true bbs conversation between Katz and co. and others.

It was too smooth.

It read too much like a piece of marketing hype.

It oozed Madison Ave "Well Phil, I glad you asked that....."

Read it again folks - 

WASN'T THIS A CON?? - IS SOMEONE BEING A SLIMEBALL?? - IF SO WHOM??

(I'd be pleased to be persuaded otherwise!)

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