Re: Asimov Site

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

Liam Busey wrote:

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>> 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.

Hmmm... I think I was a bit too critical of the CBM community. Let me
just say that while there are some bad cookies there are some really
great people as well. I apologize to anyone I may have offended.

Liam Busey