Awe13.126 net.news utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!npois!houxi!houxg!lime!we13!rjk Thu Jan 21 11:19:23 1982 DECnet research "Now why the h*ll did they do that? It seems to me that this is a unique opportunity for those of us out here that have to use the stuff to have an input in the design of this software! The same thing happens with UNIX. Why the h*ll did they do that!?!?! Primarily because no one gave them any alternatives and they did it the best way they knew how at the time. I see little use in arguing about arms races (although it is quite interesting to read), but I do see use in helping to direct the development of something that I use in the future. As long as it doesn't get out-of-hand, follows guidelines set by our legal folks, and could be set off in a special newsgroup... Why not? Randy King WECo-MG ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.