Date   : Sun, 14 Nov 1982 (Sund:00ay) 2322-EDT
From   : PLATTS@Wharton-10 (Steve Platt)
Subject: An open letter to Andrew Scott Beals

Dear Mr. Beals,
  In the course of the past 5 days, you have transmitted the following 
three letters across the 'net.  The first was to me personally, the latter 
two CC:'ed to the entire INFO-CPM community.  The tone existing in each of 
the three letters is, in my opinion, not befitting to the mature group of 
individuals sharing these resources.
  I take personal offense to the first letter:  it (my letter) was in 
response to a request for information;  admittedly I was wrong, out of my 
own ignorance  (I have used CP/M and similar OS's for quite a long time, 
but had never had the actual need to use this particular feature).  As to 
the first letter:

    Date: 13 Nov 1982 0056-EST
    From: Andrew Scott Beals <RMS.G.BANDY at MIT-OZ at MIT-MC>
    Subject: Re: when to log-in a new disk?
    To: PLATTS at WHARTON-10

    if you don't liek it.k, don't use it, you pirate!!!
    -------

    I do not like the tone of the letter;  furthermore, the implication of 
the last phrase is a blatant lie (CP/M license 168-703).  As to your second 
two letters:

    Date: 10 Nov 1982 2053-EST
    From: Andrew Scott Beals <RMS.G.BANDY.MIT-OZ@Mit-Mc>
    Subject: Re: JRT Pascal file I/O bug?
    To: MADLER at Mit-Ml
    cc: Info-cpm at BRL
    
    what do you expect for $29.95?
    
    then again, what do you expect from (ugh!) pascal? use C, and you'll sleep
    easier.
                                        -andy
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    Date: 11 Nov 1982 2018-EST
    From: Andrew Scott Beals <RMS.G.BANDY.MIT-OZ@Mit-Mc>
    Subject: Re: modem77
    To: UCBARPA.dag at Ucb-C70
    cc: info-cpm at BRL

    i've been using modem2 (orig wc version) at 9600 baud VERY reliable
    for 6 mos now...your problem is that modem7 is a toatal crock
    of <insert your favorite obscene noun here, mine has to deal with
    excrement>, and is written VERY poorly!
    -------

They further indicate a total lack of tolerance of anything different by 
yourself;  in fact, you seem to desire to aggresively destroy anything you 
you are not currently enraptured with.  Such an attitude is not conductive 
to harmonious existance, nor towards the development and propagation of 
knowledge and information.  (I know for one, if you were to put out a 
request for information or some product I had written, I would hesitate to 
answer, knowing that if it does not fit YOUR purposes exactly you might 
very well proceed to describe it to others as... well, I will let the 
latter two letters speak for themselves.)
  In summary, Mr. Beals, I can only say that I hope you were having an 
"off" few days when these letters were written and sent; and I hope you 
will be more considering of your actions in the future.

                                        Stephen M. Platt