Re: NTLK Purchasing Rights to the Newton...?

From: Peter Apockotos (g4@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Aug 05 2000 - 03:30:14 CDT


Well, I apologize for the grammatical errors. It is almost 5AM here and I
have been up for almost 24 hrs. What I meant was that I did not want to get
anyone's hopes up and that is it.

on 08/05/2000 04:22 AM, gopi@sloth.org at gopi@sloth.org wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Peter Apockotos wrote:
>
>> Sorry I have not signed any NDA on the issue (or for any project that MAY or
>> MAY NOT be in the works) at hand. Calling me a slug is like calling the
>> kettle black, Oz...I have my issues with a recent purchase from NewtonOZ but
>> I did not think that it was appropriate to go to that level about the
>> issue's that I have, but if you want to go that route, we can!
>
> Your grammer was rather confusing. It seemed to me you were suggesting
> that you somehow shouldn't have told us what you told us. That very
> strongly implied that you were under some obligation. You also stated
> some things as fact that are clearly rumors. If you believed them to be
> facts, that would imply you knew something that none of us did. Work on
> your grammar before getting upset when it gets mis-parsed.
>
>> ***Note*** I may come across as a smartass on this but it seems ironic that
>> certain people that have no problem with Piracy, have a problem with some
>> possible good news about our beloved platform that did not originate from
>> anyone breaking their NDA from Apple, but more from close observation about
>> certain things that are happening.
>
> I like good news. I don't like old, unfounded and illogical rumors being
> portrayed as fact.
>
> I didn't notice anybody saying that all piracy was fine and good. I saw
> people arguing that copying NCU was fine. Your extrapolation is
> unjustified.
>
> gopi.
>
>
>
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