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From: karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Subject: Re: NeoSoft and the Patchkit (was Re: Patchkit Patches 00077 through 00082 Now Available)
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 05:51:45 GMT
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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
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