So long and thanks for all the fish. - comp.sys.acorn.misc

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John Cartmell

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More options 19 Mar 2007, 23:47

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From: John Cartmell <j...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>

Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:47:48 +0000 (GMT)

Local: Mon 19 Mar 2007 23:47

Subject: Re: So long and thanks for all the fish.

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In article <pan.2007.03.19.23.16.43.678...@rjek.com>, Rob Kendrick

<n...@rjek.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:55:13 +0000, John Cartmell wrote:
> > In article <pan.2007.03.19.20.40.06.239...@rjek.com>, Rob Kendrick
> > <n...@rjek.com> wrote:
> >> I fully understand the complexity of the issue at hand. My problem is
> >> the delay between the hype and the delivery, which I think everybody
> >> could have done without, and has nothing to do with the complexity of
> >> their task.

> > I understood that ROOL were bounced into making an early announcement
> > because their web-site was noticed and announced without their agreement.
> Wrong - nothing to do with their website. It was a company registration,
> and thus no details of what they were going to do were forced out without
> their permission at all, other than that they were going to do *something*.

Thanks for that clarification.

> (I speak from a point of authority, as it was I who noticed the company's
> registration, and mentioned it to Chris Williams in passing, who was the
> first to talk of its existence on his excellent organ.)

'Mentioning things in passing' to Chris Williams is equivalent to publication!

Thanks for taking the blame. ;-)

--
John

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