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In article <3181@druhi.ATT.COM>, dlm@druhi.ATT.COM (Dan Moore) writes:

> 	Your not the only person who Atari has tried to keep quiet. 
> About 2 years ago Neil Harris told the sysops on one of the commercial
> networks that if I didn't stop "harassing" him online he would quit showing
> up.  They wouldn't have a "official represenative of Atari" online anymore.
> I was sent a copy of his email along with a note saying I could do what 
> I wanted.  I continued to comment on his postings so he left for a two
> months or so.

 Thanks, Dan.

 What *really* happened was that there was quite a bit of name calling going
 on.  Dan seemed to have blamed me personally for some financial woes
 connected with the takeover of Atari.  He lost quite a bit of money because
 the contract with Synapse for Synfile (which Dan co-wrote) was dropped.

 Now I think it's a shame that Dan ran into this kind of problem.  But he
 knew darn well that I had nothing to do with it (the problem occurred before
 I even joined Atari), but he was using me as a convenient scapegoat.  So I
 asked the sysops to get a handle on the namecalling.  That's a sysop's job.

 Once Dan and I met personally, I think he calmed down a bit and realized
 that I was not some ogre out to get him.

 Maybe we ought to get together again so he won't forget.

 Most of the professional online systems won't put up with that sort of
 thing.  It's a free country, thank goodness -- but paying users of an online
 system tend to object to that kind of stuff.

 --->Neil

 PS: I'm starting a sideline.  Tee shirts with concentric circles on the back
     and flames on the front.  Maybe a slogan -- "I've Been Flamed on the
     Net".

     Send your checks to:
-- 
Neil Harris, Director of Sales & Marketing -- East and Midwest Regions

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