Re: A different approach

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5s9sav$kjo@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
Geraldine Wright <gaw717@www710.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:
>I propose that we attempt to identify as many as possible of the
>people still writing A2 programs for distribution, and begin giving
>all of them "pats on the back".

   We write stuff and say pay $X if you like it. The public doesn't.
We write commercial stuff, and the pirates are in our face telling
everyone they'll pirate our stuff again if we dare tell them what
they've done is wrong in moral *and* legal terms. We're the only folks
holding back the pirating vultures attempting to strip any remaining
life out of things, and there's a war on here.

   Don't bother with a pat on the back; you've had plenty of chances
and you blew them all. Get rid of the slime infesting this place so we
can do some real work, or don't bother even trying to say that you
support them.

Nathan Mates

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