An apology, and a question (about uucp in Germany)
Axel Fischer
fischer at netmbx.UUCP
Sun Jun 25 23:24:48 AEST 1989
In article <16725 at rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> jfh at rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>Our dear friend Axel Fischer(sp) requested that I _post_ patches to
>login which he had missed because they were [ and obviously did ]
>going to charge him $35 for the 35K patch I sent him. Apparently
>this type of behavior is quite common in Germany - several other
>Germans have made identical requests - post, don't mail.
Dear John,
soory I have to correct you in this point. As you might recall i have ask
you to please "don't mail because I have to pay it" but I never have asked
to post the whole stuff.
Instead I have asked you if I can send you a disk so you can copy it for me
on disk and send it via airmail to me.
I know that in earlier times several germans has behaved like this (I don't
want to exclude me) but we've learned from earlier mistakes. (At least the
guys I know).
You are right - if one or two request something it's wrong to post it so
others have to pay for it too.
If I would have enough money I would establish a direct connection to the USA
via highspeed Modems believe me, so I fully support the efforts to find a
way of sharing the costs and one of us polls USA directly.
Yours,
Axel
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