Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!rebel!dcatla!holos0!lbr From: lbr@holos0.UUCP (Len Reed) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: WARNING Microsoft C V5.1 Setup WARNING Message-ID: <568@holos0.UUCP> Date: 6 May 88 22:15:54 GMT References: <882@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> Organization: Holos Software, Atlanta, GA Lines: 16 in article <882@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM>, del@Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) says: > > Look, I will probably get flamed for this, but what the heck. > >>>[he blew away his Microsoft Installation diskettes by mistake] > > This whole discussion and flaming at Microsoft is ridiculous! Anybody that > fails to write protect and/or copy their distribution diskettes before > installation DESERVES WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THEM! .... I for one don't see why Microsoft distributes software on writable media. Many of the floppies I've gotten from other sources come on read-only diskettes that have no write notch. I presume they are written on special drives that don't care that the diskettes don't have the notch. Your comment only makes sense for a small volume shipper who'd have to put write-protect tabs on by hand.