Re: My Website Has Been Taken Down

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Apr 23, 12:47 pm, PZ <skierp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 22, 6:44 pm, Polymorph <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>
> My impression was that he thought that Complete Pascal (my site at
> least) had been posted for years (since the 90's) when in actuality
> the software (v2.0) had only been rediscovered relatively recently.
> His final email was quite sincere, I think initially he felt like he
> had to play hardball since he didn't know who he was dealing with.  I
> politely obliged to his request and everything was copasetic.  If I
> were in his shoes and wanted to have some software removed, I might
> have approached the situation in a similar manner.

Yes, all emails to me after the initial one had a much more civilized
tone, so you're probably right. I too explained the circumstances
surrounding the recent finding of CP and also the fact that we had
(unsuccessfully) tried to seek him out prior to providing CP for
download. I think these facts alone spoke volumes about the people
(us) who had provided CP for download. We weren't out for any personal
gain, but rather trying to preserve a piece of Apple II history as
well as encouraging development on an "obsolete" platform.

> I'm hoping we can at least get the most recent documentation and maybe
> someday the source, but I get the impression that Vince is a private
> person, so we should respect that and tread lightly, not pushing the
> issue too much.

I agree, it would be great if we could obtain the latest doco/binaries/
source. We shall have to see what Vince's thoughts are on the matter,
but if he chooses to withhold anything, ultimately its his
prerogative.

Cheers,
Mike