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Re: TWM Virtual Desktop

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From: Dave Cottingham
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 20:35
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In article <62390@bu.edu.bu.edu>, jim@doc.ic.ac.uk (James I Murphy) writes:
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> (carefully chosen verbiage deleted)
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>	3. Solbourne never threatened any legal action of any kind.

This is my favorite part.  In the law I suppose there is no "threat of
legal action" unless there is a statement along the lines of "do this
or I sue".  In reality, a letter from a lawyer *is* a threat of legal
action, as lawyers know better than anyone.

> (more carefully chosen verbiage deleted)

I always thought that when I finally gave up pretending to be a
physicist it would be fun to turn my hand to hacking as a profession,
but with the prospect of getting a letter from a lawyer every time I
release a piece of code, the word "fun" now seems somehow
inappropriate.

 - dc

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Subject: Re: TWM Virtual Desktop
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