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CONTENTS

August 2002 Issue 249

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There is a certain, very small, group of people in the RISC OS market who

think itclever to criticise.You see the Internet is a funny thing, it makes

everyone the same size. This is seen in some quarters as a good thing and, on

the whole, I agree.

It's a very egalitarian thing, the Internet, and theoretically immune to people

trying to take control of it. It has been tried but unsuccessfully so far. The

communications networks of the Internet are things you work with, not against.

But there is a downside and that is that those people with a highlydestructive

bent can make as much noise as anyone else. It makes them seem bigger and

more important than they actually are.

Let us try to look at this clearly: This group of people claim that they support

the RISC OS market, they say they stand on our side. But all they do is cause

discord and trouble. And when tackled on the subject they claim that this is their

right, they can say what they like.

Well I'm not one to interfere with human rights but I am one of those who

feels that ifyou abuse a right then you lose it. Your rights are to be protected —

they are my rights too. But how about when someone damages another person

or company with lies and rumour?

It's not big and it's not clever. At best it is small-minded and selfish, but more

likely it is an irresponsible and malicious act by a nasty back-stabber with no

awareness beyond his own sad little world.

Now I suspect that I shall become the victim of another attack on the 'Net

because I dared stand up and say this. But methinks that those who attack

reveal their true motives in doing so.

Rob Donaldson

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