Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!apple!voder!pyramid!prls!philabs!micomvax!ray 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. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!philabs!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090