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brian@jaguar.cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
>In article <1ii7alINNon4@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu> spexet@math.lsa.umich.edu (D. Robert Spexet II) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan7.192103.16828@netcom.com> rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
>>>I joined the Developers Assistance Program and through that arm
>>>obtained a verbal assurance that there would be "no problem" obtaining
>>>said source code since there was nothing proprietary.  Based on this
>>>assurance and the license I had negotiated for using the interpreter I
>>>quit my day job to live off my savings and develop this product which I
>>>was going to call SimpleScript.
>>
>>Not to question your judgement in this case, but do you think that it was
>>really a wise move to do what you did on the basis of a verbal promise,
>>with nothing backing it up in writing?
>
>
>I think you misunderstand Bob's problem.  All he wanted was a sample printer
>driver.  IBM should have had this available well before OS/2 2.0 GA shipped.
>The point is that they didn't, and they still don't.
>I would agree with you comment if Bob had wanted something unusual from
>IBM, but this is standard stuff.
>
>Brian
>-- 
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>University of Utah                    Microsoft needs competition, but I want
>Center for Software Science          to be one of the many running Windows NT!
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Mr. Sturgill,

currently there is only one side of the story known. This is not to say
that there might have been a misunderstanding or a problem but it is to
early to jump to conclusions based only on one side of the story.  Let's
wait and see what will occur and what the reponse will be.

Best Regards,
Mark K.
E-Mail: kovarski@zooid.guild.org