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00000AC0: 2C 0D 0D C6 52 41 4E 4B 20 44 41 20 C3 52 55 5A |,...RANK DA .RUZ|
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.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW
YORK..CENTER FOR COMPUTING ACTIVITIES.61
2 WEST 115TH STREET.NEW YORK, N.Y. 10025
.(212) 280-3703..JUNE 6, 1985...DEAR KER
MIT USER,..INCLUDED ON THE ENCLOSED TAPE
ARE ALL THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATIONS
OF KERMIT.DONE OR RECEIVED BY US TO DATE
, IN THE CATEGORY THAT YOU ORDERED. YOU
R TAPE.INCLUDES SOURCE FILES AND DOCUMEN
TATION, PLUS BINARIES WHEN PRACTICAL. A
LSO.INCLUDED IS A FILE CALLED AATAPE.HLP
, WHICH DESCRIBES THE CONTENTS OF.THE TA
PE IN MORE DETAIL. THAT FILE IS ALSO EN
CLOSED ON PAPER; PLEASE READ IT.TO FIND
OUT HOW TO FIND THE KERMIT IMPLEMENTATIO
NS YOU WANT...KERMIT IS A VOLUNTARY EFFO
RT. ALTHOUGH THE KERMIT PROTOCOL WAS DE
SIGNED BY US.AT COLUMBIA AND MANY OF THE
KERMIT PROGRAMS WERE WRITTEN BY US, THE
MAJORITY OF.PROGRAMS WERE CONTRIBUTED F
ROM ELSEWHERE. IN MANY CASES, WE HAVE N
O WAY TO.TEST THESE CONTRIBUTED PROGRAMS
, AND CANNOT ALWAYS ATTEST TO THEIR QUAL
ITY..HOWEVER, WE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE KERMI
T PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW TO BE INOPERABLE
, OR.FOR WHICH SOURCE CODE IS NOT PROVID
ED. WHEN BUGS ARE FOUND OR FUNCTIONALIT
Y IS.MISSING, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO MA
KE ANY DESIRED CHANGES...THE POPULARITY
OF KERMIT HAS BEEN FAR GREATER THAN WE E
VER EXPECTED, AND WE.HAVE BEEN SHIPPING
NEARLY TEN TAPES PER DAY OVER THE PAST Y
EAR, AND THE DEMAND.CONTINUES TO RISE.
THE 100 DOLLAR-PER-TAPE DISTRIBUTION FEE
WHICH HAS BEEN IN.EFFECT SINCE MAY 1983
HAS HELPED US KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND B
Y HIRING PART-TIME.STUDENTS TO HELP FILL
THE ORDERS...THE SOFTWARE, SOURCES, AND
DOCUMENTATION REMAIN FREE. KERMIT IS D
ISTRIBUTED.IN THIS MANNER WITH THE UNDER
STANDING THAT IT WILL NEVER BE SOLD AS A
PRODUCT,.PER SE. THIS IS DONE IN THE H
OPE THAT USE OF KERMIT WILL BECOME WIDES
PREAD.ENOUGH TO MAKE COMMUNICATIONS BETW
EEN ANY TWO COMPUTERS A REAL POSSIBILITY
.RATHER THAN A PIPEDREAM. WE ENCOURAGE
YOU TO RETURN ANY NEW IMPLEMENTATIONS,.B
UG FIXES, OR DOCUMENTATION TO US SO WE C
AN PASS THEM ALONG TO OTHERS...WE ALSO E
NCOURAGE YOU TO PASS KERMIT ALONG DIRECT
LY TO OTHER SITES THAT ASK YOU.ABOUT IT,
RATHER THAN REFERRING THEM BACK TO US.
WE ONLY ASK THAT PROFIT NOT.BE YOUR MOT
IVE, CREDIT BE GIVEN WHERE IT IS DUE, AN
D THAT NEW MATERIAL BE SENT.BACK TO US S
O THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN A DEFINITIVE AND
COMPREHENSIVE SET OF KERMIT.IMPLEMENTATI
ONS...I'VE ATTEMPTED TO CLARIFY THESE PO
INTS FOR COMMERCIAL SITES IN SOME DETAIL
IN.AN ENCLOSED FLYER ON COMMERCIAL USE
AND DISTRIBUTION OF KERMIT; PLEASE CONSU
LT.IT IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS. MEANWHILE,
NEW IMPLEMENTATIONS OF KERMIT ARE UNDER
.DEVELOPMENT AND OLD ONES ARE BEING IMPR
OVED. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS..IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS,
FEEL FREE TO GIVE A CALL IN A FEW.MONTHS
. AND FINALLY, PLEASE USE KERMIT ONLY F
OR PEACEFUL PURPOSES...SINCERELY,..FRANK
DA CRUZ.MANAGER OF SYSTEM INTEGRATION..
* * * END OF FILE * * *.
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