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Re: New quotes for Tue Dec 5
jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Dec 5 01:59:58 1989
Hey, it missed my plan!
Article 51 of ba.windows.x:
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From: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher)
Newsgroups: ba.windows.x
Subject: Re: The window system people love to hate...
Message-ID: <1845@atari.UUCP>
Date: 1 Dec 89 23:02:33 GMT
References: <20150@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
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If anyone's interested in a Desktop Published version of this,
I'd be happy to USnail one to you. Thanks to Mark who typed
this in for us.
A stack of these was found at Printers Inc. in Mountain View.
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OFFICIAL NOTICE - POST IMMEDIATELY
X
DANGEROUS VIRUS
First, a little history. The X window system escaped from Project
Athena at MIT where it was being held in isolation. When notified, MIT
stated publicly that "MIT assumes no responsibility....". This is a
very disturbing statement. It then infiltrated Digital Equipment
Corporation, where it has since corrupted the technical judgement of
this organization.
After sabotaging Digital Equipment Corporation, a sinister X consortium
was created to find a way to use X as part of a plan to dominate and
control interactive window systems. X windows is sometimes distributed
by this secret consortium free of charge to unsuspecting victims. The
destructive cost of X can not even be guessed.
X is truly obese - whether it's mutilating your hard disk or actively
infesting your system, you can be sure its up to no good. Innocent
users need to be protected from this dangerous virus. Even as you read
this, the X source distribution and the executable environment created
is being maintained on hundreds of computers - maybe even your own.
Digital Equipment Corporation is already shipping machines that carry
this dreaded infestation. It must be destroyed.
This is what happens when software with good intentions goes bad. It
victimizes innocent users by distorting their perception of what is and
what is not good software. This malignant window system must be
destroyed.
Ultimately DEC and MIT must be held accountable for this heinous
_software crime_, brought to justice, and made to pay for a _software
cleanup_. Until DEC and MIT answer to these charges, they both should
be assumed to be protecting dangerous software criminals.
DON'T BE FOOLED!! JUST SAY NO TO X.
X windows. A mistake carried out to perfection. X windows.
Dissatisfaction guaranteed. X windows. Don't get frustrated without
it. X windows. Even your dog won't like it. X windows. Flakey and
built to stay that way. X windows. Complex nonsolutions to simple
nonproblems. X windows. Flawed beyond belief. X windows. Form
follows malfunction. X windows. Garbage at your fingertips. X
windows. Ignorance is our most important reesource. X windows. It
could be worse, but it'll take time. X windows. It could happen to
you. X windows. Japan's secret weapon. X windows. Let it get in
YOUR way. X windows. Live the nightmare. X windows. More than
enough rope. X windows. Never had it. Never will. X windows. No
hardware is safe. X windows. Power tools for Power Fools. X windows.
Power tools for power losers. X windows. Putting new limits on
productivity. Simplicity made complex. X windows. The Cutting Edge
of Obsolescence. X windows. The art of incompetence. X windows. The
defacto substandard. X windows. The first fully modular software
disaster. X windows. The joke that kills. X windows. The problem
for your problem. X windows. There's got to be a better way. X
windows. Warn your friends about it. X windows. You'd better sit
down. X windows. You'll envy the dead.
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||| Ken Badertscher (ames!atari!kbad)
||| Atari R&D System Software Engine
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