Re: NTLK NewtonMAD and it's originator, Kenneth Wong...

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin@fanniemae.com)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 16:51:39 EST


> Subject:
> NTLK NewtonMad down and out
> Date:
> Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:30:31 +0800
> From:
> "Kenneth Wong" <ghoonk@mailworld.net>
> Organization:
> The Active Idea Company
> To:
> <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
> References:
> 1 , 2
>
> Some points I would like to clarify:
>
> 1. It was unintentional that commercial software was not removed from
> NewtonMAD. My apologies to all the developers who were inconvenienced by
> this oversight.
>
> 2. If the archive were to be taken down because of an small percentage of
> commercialware, think of what would be lost to the whole community. I could
> help look into the archive and tag commercial files for removal, and that
> would include all Apple software.

Am I the only one who thinks that those abandonned softwares (specially those from
Apple, i.e. NCU, NBU et all) should be kept in? Specially after the way that Apple
abandonned us high and dry? I have all those softwares personnally, but I'm thinking
about the person who buys a used MessagePad that comes barebone, without anything.
If that person would email-me to get NCU, I would gladly send her a copy. Now, I
would prefer re-directing her to an actual website, as this request came quite often
over that past few months.

What others do think?

-Laurent.
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