Re: Here's a load of wrong info

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article
<bjblackbear-ya023680001010971852440001@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>,
bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major) wrote:

> In article
> <CB51A08CA1B53E3D.9E077A5F3CF817DD.5B49C2847523E15D@library-proxy.airnews.ne
> t>, sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms) wrote:
> 
> > In article
> > <bjblackbear-ya023680000910971950370001@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>,
> > bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major) wrote:
> > 
> > > [about Richard Bennett] I'll remember exactly what you said here and when,
> > > and I'll buy *none* of your software--ever.
> > 
> > Does that mean you'll never have a copy, or just that you'll steal it?
> > And if the latter, wouldn't you have done it anyway?
> 
> No, I wouldn't have.  It *MEANS* that I'll never attempt to purchase any
> software program he ever writes, period.  Ever.  You see, someone who
> treats other people the way he does doesn't deserve to be supported in my
> book--"Apple II Developer" or not.  Shame on you for jumping to conclusions
> that I'd steal (or accept as free) something that someone wrote whom I want
> nothing to do with.

Well I apologize then. It gets hard to distinguish between the people
angry at Richard Bennett because he objects to them stealing his software
and the people angry at him for other reasons.

I would say that, yes, Richard Bennett has been quite rude in his posts.
However, it seems to me that it's a case of his patience eventually
running out after a long time.

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