CompuS Copyright
06-Oct-86 21:58:25
Sb: #35485-CompuS Copyright
Fm: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
To: Jan Harrington 72277,3417
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The TRUE Story!
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If you've read INFOWORLD's coverage of the Steven Sande BBS problem that
was discussed here at length you may be wondering how it could have been
reported in a manner so different from what we all know is the way that
incident took place — I know I am wondering that. For those who do not
already know the true story of those events I have placed a file called
SANDE.BBS in our DL0 area which enumerates all of the events in question.
To read it just go to DL0 and use the command R SANDE.BBS. I regret having
to waste everyone's time by reopening this issue and it is a shame that
INFOWORLD did not contact me or any third-party source to verify Sande's
allegations before printing them.
As always, thank you for your support!
— Neil Shapiro (Chief Sysop, MAUG[tm])
This is a brief synopsis of events which led CIS to send a note to BBS
sysop Steven Sande. The facts are quite different from how they were
reported in INFOWORLD. — Neil Shapiro, Chief Sysop, MAUG(tm)
Many of you may have read the article in INFOWORLD about how CompuServe
lawyers contacted BBS Sysop Steven Sande. Most of INFOWORLD's article was
based on allegations made by Steven Sande and INFOWORLD printed these
allegations as truth. The allegations made are simply not true. The facts
of what happened are as follows:
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