FUD attack was Re: FW: Open source niceties

"Peter D. Ward" wrote:

-- what you mention about a guarantee on the future is obviously true.

"Conway, Steven" wrote:

>         And that response, Peter, is what I believe your end goal to be.  To 
> get Jay or Jan or Roger or one of the other "heavies" to give the only 
> possible true answer, that nobody can guarantee the future, so you can go, 
> "Ah-HA!"

AH-HA!

Sorry, I'm a bit behind on my email, but that had to be said...
As long as I'm writing a post...it's quite obvious from reading the posts over 
the past few days that Peter is on a 'fishing expedition' looking for something 
to use against Hercules. Is Hercules really that much of a threat to him? I'm 
still not sure what Phil Payne's motivation is, it just seems that he's been 
offended or hurt by something or someone related to Hercules and he feels 
obliged to 'pee in pool' as retribution.

My advice to both of them, direct your energy elsewhere, this FUD attack is not 
helping your reputations. Based on where some of the posts have come from, I'm 
confident that Hercules is on the radar screen for IBM, especially after the 
hobbyist license requirement from WAVV. If they want to do anything to, or for, 
Hercules, they will, and it will be their decision. I seriously doubt anything 
you say here, or else where, will have any impact, unless you hire a lawyer and 
take IBM to court somehow.
Pat Talley


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