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From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: New public domain archiving system development
Keywords: The Pepsi Generation.
Message-ID: <1297@micomvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 88 21:35:18 GMT
References: 
Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada
Lines: 47

In article 
 W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes:
 >A group effort is *well* underway to develop a new archiving standard which
 >will have many new features and will be more efficient than present methods.
 >
 >The following is an edited capture file from a session conducted on the
 >Exec-PC Business Board .....

This purports to be a genuine "conversation" between various people,
including Phil Katz, on their *New* *Archiving* *Development*, and *Why*
*We* *Should* *All* *Wait* *For* *It*!

Hmm. Is this really a genuine off-the-cuff conversation?

Is it not too smooth and cutesy pie?  Doesn't it just too neatly cover all
the salient points - "Gee Phil, well I'm glad you asked me that....."?

Can I smell the not-too-well-disguised marketing hype even from inside here?

I'm I too cynical?  Does someone think we are all so gullible?

Are we all so gullible?

Should I go back to playing in my sandbox?

Does this tell us something about why somebody really thought it worthwhile
to sue somebody else?

Does anybody really care anyway?

Hmm.  I do actually, and *I've* made up *my* mind.  I think someone is
trying to be such a clever little thing, and I don't like the smell.  I'm
going to make sure none of *my* $$'s goes anywhere near *that* one!!!

Hmm, again.  What is somebody in .ARMY.MIL doing promoting a commercial
product (the above is not the only posting)?

Hmm, a last time.  Am I playing with the wrong playmates??

Disclaimer: This is only me speaking.
            Communications received on this subject are subject to
            publication if I think it is of public interest.
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