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From: roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell)
Subject: Re: [386BSD] Xfree86, XS3 Mouse configuration
In-Reply-To: hasty@netcom.com's message of Sat, 19 Dec 1992 17:29:46 GMT
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>>        - He talk on the net as if he was the only one doing XS3 alone
>>        - The S3's graphics eingine differes only in one register from
>>          a 8514/A
>>
>>What he answered was:
>>
>>        - The README contains other names
>thomas forgot to mention that I cut and past my second statement on the
>README file  stating clearly that XS3 was based on Kevin Martin's server.

Isn't that exactly what I stated one line above ? But that wasn't an
answer to the question I raised ... See, if somebody asks for the
whether, you would answer 5:00pm, would you ?

>For instance, "Are you so dumb that", in reference to something he has
>no clue of what is going on.

Unless I haven't kept exact records of outgoing e-mail, I never wrote
that very sentence in this upper form. And if so, please cite from the
context so people can judge by themselfs. And if I have 'no clue of
what is going on', why aren't you so kind to enlighten my state of
disinformation.

>His intentions with respect to me are malicious.

Not really. It's just that in the last time you really penetrate the newsgoups
with answers to questions nobody has asked, and try to promote yourself
in a way that's a shame for the other people who did the work you started
with building XS3 onto. Technical discussions have been always imossible with
you and if ever happended, then the flow of information was more towards you
than the other way round. Well, you did a great work on XS3 for the
BSD/Linux community. But does give you the status of beeing sacrosanct ?

I know all this discussion should have happened in personal communication,
but I felt that it would be a desirable step to it in a open letter, rather
than a nonpublic thing, to bring back those people into the light who
also did a major part on a free X-server for the Intel-Platform.

But as 'commericial ass-holes like you' (guess how said this ;-)) I think
it's better to stop this here. What had to be said has been said, and I
honestly hope that it had the effect people who ask a specific question
about X will get their answer and not just the lastest self-portrayal of
a person will all know.

- Thomas

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