🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <kscott.648095624@locke.mmwb.ucsf.edu> kscott@cgl.ucsf.edu (Kevin Scott) writes:
>In article <452@6sceng.UUCP> blm@6sceng.UUCP (Brian Matthews) writes:
>> I could use the 20K or so of disk space the
>> graphics and sound take in much better ways.  Just one man's opinion...
>
>In <9751@accuvax.nwu.edu> jln@acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) writes:
>>I was waiting for some to make this complaint, which I suppose is 
>>justified.  But 20K (which is about the right number, by the way) is only 
>>about 7% of the total space occupied by the entire application, which I 
>>felt wasn't too much out of line.
>
>I have to admit I love the about box.  At the same time, I also understand how
>hard it is to fit several virus tools on a disk to bring to someone's dead
>machine.   What would be nice would be a program to take out the extra 20
>kilobytes, preferably posted near disinfectant.  THis will enlarge the scope of
>those who know about the about box, theywill take a look before deciding
>if they want to keep it (I'll keep it on my hard drive), but it will
>take away the fun and surprise of discovering the wonderful about box.

Yeesh!  I don't like the direction this is going.  John wrote a 
wonderful and useful program and is giving it away free for the
benefit off all, yet some folks are bitching about a measly 20K  
of disk space!

John, Disinfectant is great!  The about box is fine!  Keep up the
good work!  I'm sure we all appreciate it!

Now, to anyone thinking of mucking up John's program to fit their
personal taste: DON'T DO IT!!!!  There is no good reason to cut out
20K of code.  If space is a problem, put Disinfectant on its own 
disk.  A bootable floppy with Disinfectant alone is a good idea anyway!

If people start changing Disinfectant, we *will* start to have problems.
No longer could one be sure if they had the clean, original version.
Kind of defeats the purpose of a virus protection program, doesn't it?

Let's keep Disinfectant clean.  Not only is it a good idea to protect
ourselves, but let's do it out of respect for John's work.
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