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Re: Hilarious Disinfectant 2.0

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From: George D. Nincehelser
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 1990 00:10
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In article <456@6sceng.UUCP> blm@6sceng.UUCP (Brian Matthews) writes:
>
>First, I wasn't "bitching", I was offering constructive criticism.  Some
>people don't seem to know the difference.  Second, as I stated above,
>Disinfectant *is* wonderful and useful and free, but that doesn't make
>it immune from criticism.  And third, you may consider 20K of disk space
>"measly", others may not.
>

Methinks that if grousing about 20K of disk space is the best
"constructive criticism" that one can offer, then either Disinfectant 2.0
is one hell of a program, or someone is just picking nits.

I hope this doesn't discourage John from including future animated
about boxes.  I think it's sad that some would condemn an author's
personalization of a program just for disk space.  I feel that the
"about box" of a program (at least in freeware) should be an open
forum for the programmer to express him or herself as he or she sees fit.
20K is a small price to pay for this program (in relation to its 
functionality) to recognize the people who brought it to us. 

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From: george@swbatl.sbc.com (George D. Nincehelser)
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Subject: Re: Hilarious Disinfectant 2.0
Message-ID: <1990Jul17.001054.25377@swbatl.sbc.com>
Date: 17 Jul 90 00:10:54 GMT
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