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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1614 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:50:38 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:11396 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!karl From: karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) Subject: Re: NeoSoft and the Patchkit (was Re: Patchkit Patches 00077 through 00082 Now Available) Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 05:51:45 GMT Message-ID: <C2MqyA.K9M@sugar.neosoft.com> References: <cproto.729757710@marsh> <1993Feb15.170522.397@coe.montana.edu> <C2M1oo.3ty@sugar.neosoft.com> Lines: 29 If anyone saw my what-should-we-do posting don't bother responding. I feel bad and it is hard not to be angry at Nate for "giving us" the patchkit and then "taking it away from us." After he deleted files from a NeoSoft directory on ref without consulting us it became really, really hard to not be absolutely furious. Further, I think it really sucks that he would make those patches unavailable to everyone without getting them into "his" kit. But in a spirit of cameraderie with the net we are *not* going to try to usurp Nate's unilateral plan to pass his mantle on to Jordan. We will continue to study the issues, however, and I will not rule out our return at a future date when we have something righteous and superior to offer -- perhaps including an entirely new patchkit system -- or something simpler, like picking up unofficially in the face of a de facto abdication by the current crew. Regards, Karl Lehenbauer Member of Technical Staff NeoSoft -- -- Email info@NeoSoft.com for info on getting interactive Internet access. "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." -- Twain