Re: NATHAN and the FAQ Dilemna

[kmitchel@nyx.nyx.net (Kirk Mitchell)]

Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:

:    Put in html form? Just to clear a few idiotic misconceptions about
: the whole 'deivative' garbage some would like to spread. When I took
: it over, it was 70K of ascii. Now, just the csa2 FAQ is now 220K in
: ascii w/o any html formatting; large chunks had to be scrapped from
: the original version because they were out of date. Do the math. Now,
: 'derive' an 80K Applesoft FAQ out of nothing, a 36K DOS FAQ out of
: nothing, and a 33K reference on System 6 files, and a 15K reference on
: the system monitor. That's at least 314 kilobytes of new information
: and work that I did. [And for those of you who can still remember your
: college days, that's like writing a 157 page paper.]

Thanks for the clarification, Nathan.  I can't say I ever looked at the
size of the FAQ.  (Mostly I'd grumble when my scripts grabbed them during
my weekly captures of csa2 in the dim and distant past).

Your time and efforts DO show!

:    I wrote it, I copyrighted it, and as such I have control over them.
: They are not property of 'the group' or anyone else. [With the current
: crop of lusers here, there's a lot who really don't deserve such work
: given to them; all they can do is whine and complain no matter what
: happens.] Get rid of the lusers as they're incapable of staying away
: on their own lack of mental power.

Agreed.  Of course, this whole mess is between the "creators" and people
who are watching the resale value of software they actually purchased
drop, and parasites demanding free access to other peoples labors.

You can bet they'd squeal like stuck pigs if anyone used that "community"
argument to rip THEM off.  B-{)

Kirk