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From: "Kurt Wall" <kwall AT utw DOT com>
To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Cc: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: For Sale or For Free: The Debate Continues
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:43:52 -0500
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> From: Mike A. Harris <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
> To: Kurt Wall <kwall AT utw DOT com>
> Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: For Sale or For Free: The Debate Continues
> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 1997 2:37 PM
> 
> On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Kurt Wall wrote:
> 
> > >I thought it would be great to have the sources for DOS, and thus
became
> > >interested in OpenDOS and helped spread the word about it.  I went to
> > >great lengths to inform as many people about it as possible.  I spent
a

- HUGE SNIP -

> Now isn't all of what I just said true?  Read the mailing list
> archives.  I've paid my dues to Caldera for the "free" binary of
> OpenDOS and kernel source a hundred times over.
> 
> *THAT* is MORE than enough gratitude from me towards them IMHO.
> 
> If you disagree that I've expended enough gratitude to them now,
> please feel free to point out what I should have done to show
> more gratitude?  Should I fly to England and kiss Noorda's feet
> and put Caldera posters up in every room of my house?
> 
> Please explain where I failed to be gratuitous.
> 
> 
> Mike A. Harris        |  Homepage: 
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> Mark should get a sound card and more ISA slots!!!!!!!!  ;o)

Mike, you are correct.  Even grateful, clearly.  But never "gratuitous," I
hope.  I did my research as you suggested (not in depth, I confess) and you
were a very busy man.  I reiterate that we are all embarassed.  Given the
way OD has performed on my machine (VCPI and EMM386 come to mind), I am
quite disappointed, too.  I hoped for much better.  I retract.

Kurt