Re: Asimov Site

[Liam Busey <buseyl@my-deja.com>]

Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
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> It's very much a case of irresistable force and immovable object. I > know when it's worth arguing with individuals and when it isn't. In > this case, pretty much everyone who ever going to agree with me > already does, and rehashing the same ground is not going to win over > the nose-over-the-fence types that infest the Apple II scene. 

Intelligent people can disagree. If we could remain civil to one another
most of our problems here would disappear. We've made great strides at
this but have back sliden a bit as of late. 

> I was simply venting;

Understandable. It seems a lot of people have been doing that lately. 

> bigoted fools frustrate me.

Are we bigoted or just in disagreement? I would strongly urge everyone
to respect copyrights. I wish no ill towards people who ignore them but
as a creator am strongly disinclined to share my works with such people.
 
> I formed my opinions of the psychology and politics of the Apple II
> community quite a long time ago, and the current state of c.s.a2 et al > shows me that nothing has changed.

I'd take another look. Most of the regular posters of 5 years ago no
longer remain with us. :(
 
> As a purely FYI type aside, the current state of (say) the CBM 64/128 > scene is still at least equally as "alive" as the II series. 

I don't know about equal but I agree that there's still a bit of life in
the CBM scene. Be aware of the company you keep though. Maurice Randal
(spelling?), the most prolific developer of the english speaking CBM
community released an impressive fax program for Geos a couple years ago
and witnessed it appear on pirate sites almost immediately. When Maurice
complained about this he was openly flamed on comp.sys.cbm! How's that
for gratitude?

> However, it's a different breed of person in there.

I'll say.

> Perhaps I should say, less creationist and more evolutionary?

Survival of the fittest perhaps? Eat or be eaten. Once all their
developers are consumed the CBM folk will be hungry. I'd suggest not
turning your back on some of them.
 
Liam Busey