Re: ... vogons

["Quantum_Cat" <anonymous@cotse.com>]

Hiya Bev,

 *>>Just 
 *>>what evidence do you have to back up this accusation, 
 *>>Beverly? "(Howard "I'll upload any old version I can get 
my 
 *>>hands on" Katz) 

 *>How about an e-mail from Howard himself? (Complete text 
available upon
 *>request.)

Hey... That would work.  Anything to get some actual evidence 
out in public.

 *>"I'm aware that one or two may not be the current 
versions, but they were
 *>all that we had to work with. "

OK.  So Howard is unfamiliar with the version number of every 
TO application.  And golly... Perhaps he doesn't know the 
current version of all those other applications he's gotten 
released.  THAT certainly deserves a snotty "I'll upload any 
old version I can get my hands on".

 *>I expressed my concern about this to Mr. Simonsen, and he 
gave me permission
 *>to release my copies of his and the Beagle Bros products 
and manuals. He
 *>also said to contact the individual programmers of the 
TimeOut series, which
 *>I had already done (or they contacted me).

OK... I'd like to see a copy of Mr. Simonsen's email to you.  
With headers if you please.

 *>> The archives of the digests from  your list aren't that 
overwhelming. 

 *>I'm not aware of any archives, but the people seem to 
enjoy it. Sometimes
 *>the interest that people have surprises me, too.

Hey... Folks have different tastes.

 *>>pump your Mailing List, and run.

 *>I wasn't aware that mentioning the mail group in any 
public forum bothered
 *>anybody or that it was breaking any rules. I wish they had 
said something to

My point passed you by... it was the repeated slam/pump/slam/
pump that annoyed the powers that be there.  And most other 
folks there.

 *>me at the time. I believe that many people kept their 
Genie account longer
 *>than they normally would have because of the e-mail. It 
was a way of
 *>bringing the programmers (who had left Genie) back to the 
people and giving
 *>them support.  We also have many Delphi people now. They 
are welcome just
 *>like anybody else. There isn't anything private about it, 
it just links
 *>people from all services and countries and addresses. Some  
of them have no
 *>other contact with other Apple II users. If you don't like 
it, then don't
 *>join. {shrug.} We can't worry too much about what others 
think.

The more avenues for legitimate sharing of Apple II 
information, the better.  Where you rub the fur the wrong way 
is when you slip your sly digs in against the other forums.  
I know you didn't like GEnie.  I know you don't like Delphi.  
And you don't want to post information on csa2...

But don't be too offended if folks tire of your slams and 
toss a few back at you.

 *>>Can you even DEAL with a public

 *>I don't use a pseudonym here, do you? Does Howard? I don't 
think I'm the one
 *>with the problem...

Yes, Bev.  I do.  I'm tangling with vindictive sorts who have 
no morals.  I don't want them to contact my Dad and get me 
grounded.  ;)

As for Howard, that's his business...

Vigorous Vogons for a Better Apple II Community!

Quantum_Cat

 

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