Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 14:33:49 12/22/97
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On December 20, 1997 at 14:48:01, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote: >>On December 20, 1997 at 07:11:20, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>> > >>>you became part of the problem and not part of the solution >> >> > >On December 20, 1997 at 07:43:10, Chris Whittington answered: > >>If I screw up such as to let the universe get free copies of my program, >>then that's my fault and problem; not the deliverer's of the message. >> >>Its not KK's responsibility to point out to Ed that Ed screwed. If KK >>views himself as a journo, then its for him to publicise if he wants; no >>laws broken. > >It's not a question of laws broken. >It's a question of what is fair and what is simply egocentric. > >>There is no cartel of producers and assorted KK's and others, whose task >>it is to protect each other from blunders. > >No, but there are some beta testers, journalists and others who know the >programmers since long. >The ususal way for the smart ones (not only the nice ones!) of these is >to give the porgrammer a chance before making something public which >might hurt his interests. > >Korner by the way was quite conscious about this: this is why he tried >to inform Ed. His only fault was that his own interest in being the one >spreading the news was more important to him than respecting the - easy >to guess - original intention of the programmer concerning the Rebel9 >engine. > >It's a question of trustworthiness amoung people who know each othe and >have dealt with each othe quite a time. >You'll probably guess what comes into my mind concerning this topic... > >>Ed screwed up, it up to Ed to recover, not to attack KK for divulging >>the screw up. > >Yes, if you look at it in a superficial way. >No, if you have a high estimate for reliable and fair relations - even >if it's not about friendship, but just about some longer aqaintance. > >>Finally, if this was a Mindscape screw up with Chessmaster 5000, I doubt >>very much that anybody here would be concerned. I think it highly likely >>tthat the mechanism for exploiting the screw up would be happily posted >>here, without complaint from anyone. > >Even in this case it would not have been fair. >This the more among people knowing each other quite well. > >>So stop playing clique-ish games. > >I'm glad there still are two or three things beyond simple egos and >simple cliques playing games - even below the level of real friendship. >;-) > >>Chris Whittington > >Kind regards from Dirk Shame, you were the last one of those that I respected for believing what was truth. I think you know what I mean. Lonely old world, isn't it ? Chris Whittington
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