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Article #38249

Re: MT C-Shell

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From: Bob Breum
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1989 12:41
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In article <1731@blake.acs.washington.edu> bissiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Moja Fritzah) writes:
>My apology to netters.  
>
>I received mail indicating that my request for a bug fix to
>BDT's MT C-Shell inside of a day was out of proportion.....

Apology accepted.

>    There is no excuse  for releasing a product with blatant bugs.
>	Particulary when the bugs are not announced in the package.
>        In most industries, this violation is called
>	"false advertizing".

MT C-Shell, version 1.10, works just fine.  I used it for a long time
before 1.20 was released.  It's not false advertising.  What you observed
was not a bug, just a case of improper installation.  Admittedly, the
documentation is inadequate.

>At the end of every UNIX manual entry is a heading called BUGS.
>This indicates the responsibility and integrity of the programmer(s).

If you buy Beckemeyer's online manual, it also has the BUGS headings.

Disclaimer:  I am not, nor have I ever been, associated with Beckemeyer.
I have been, for the most part, a satisfied user of his software since
he introduced MT C-Shell for the Atari ST.  I can recommend any of his
ST titles without reservation, with the exceptions of VSH Manager (too
slow) and AnsiTerm (licensed, not written by David Beckemeyer, it was
released with many bugs).

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From: bob@cmpfen.UUCP (Bob Breum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: MT C-Shell
Keywords: Apology to netters
Message-ID: <198@cmpfen.UUCP>
Date: 24 Apr 89 12:41:12 GMT
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