Re: CD of all Files on Asimov

[Sam Ismail <dastar@crl4.crl.com>]

On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Gareth Jones wrote:

> 
> : Joe, I've never heard of Nathan Mates, nor have I ever used his software.
> : Who the heck is he and why is he such a flame-meister?
> 
> Nathan has taken on the task of reviving/updating the various Apple II 
> FAQs, and he's done quite a good job of that. He's also put together a 
> good web page of Apple II resources at 
> http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/index.html, which includes the FAQs in 
> html format. I don't know the extent of his programming, but he's done 
> nice screen savers for Twilight II, put together a series of bugfixes for 
> System 6.01 in an INIT called GUPP (Grand Unified Program Patcher), and 
> written something called Swatterdisk which lets you dynamically (i.e. 
> without rebooting) create and resize up to four RAM disks. So I'd say 
> that his claim to be helpfully active in the Apple II world stands up 
> reasonably well to scrutiny.
> 
> He also does answer posted technical questions promptly, often, and well.
> 
> He's never been other than polite in my e-mail exchanges with me.
> 
> That said, there are certain things which disturb him and cause him to 
> post things that are very strongly worded. More strongly than I would 
> word them.
> 
> However, I think he's well-meaning.
> 
> -Gareth Jones

The post that you so thoroughly replied to was a rhetorical response to a 
rhetorical query.  Thanks for the nice summary, but you should learn to 
read between the lines.