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Article #41246Re: "ATARI ELITE..."-- * PLEASE CHANGE SUBJECT!!!
From: William David Haas
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 19:03
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 19:03
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<[Dan and a lot of other people talk about Piracy/Software Thieves and <User Groups. Dan complains about their user group being defamed because <it has the word Elite in the name.] <Dan, <it's also a very difficult (read: impossible) task to redefine a term that <has been so closely associated with software theft for probably 10 years now. <There are many terms that people use as a cloak to cover up their real <meaning. The word "elite" is one that software thieves use. Unfortunately <for your user group, having that word in the name will probably forever <associate your group with software theft in the minds of people. I don't <know when or how your group was named, but it was not the best choice for <that reason alone. Perhaps the group once began as a theft group and has <since changed its ways, I don't know, but it's unlikely that as long as <it retains "Elite" in the name that people will not think of software theft. <Perhaps (and sadly) your group should consider a name change. Thats funny... I thought Elite! was a space game. The word is being used wrong... lets wipe out the thieves and we wont have the problem. ;) (Yeah.. I know.. easier said than done).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!bu.edu!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!dav From: dav@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (William David Haas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: "ATARI ELITE..."-- * PLEASE CHANGE SUBJECT!!! Message-ID: <19666@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 23 Feb 90 19:03:13 GMT References: <4323@cuphub.cup.edu> <36333@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 28