Geoff Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] mused:
> how did we get onto this anywayit's hardly on topic!
> ...
> Geoff Ellis
Because we're all ;)
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Well, this will be the last I say on this...
The reason we got into it was because Matt has done a lot for the Perl
community. He has written scripts, documented them, and given them away for
free.
That was the gist of the conversation...
Shawn
- Original Message -
From: "Geoff Ellis"
It's a thread, Shawn.
Anyway, glad to hear you're giving stuff away.
Do you label all your give-aways as
FROM SHAWN McKINLEY
hm? No. Of course not. Why does Matt? Why does
he not use CPAN? Not as if he's setting up a
multi-million dollar foundation to clear his name
and conscien
I think Shawn, unless you have specifics, how can you comment on peoples
generosity and charity.
I believe, that Mr Gates and Mr Ellison, both give away more money in a year
to charitable causes than you would give away in your lifetime 10 times
over, regardless of what they take in, that's immate
Not real sure what that comment was about... But I can guarantee you, if I
had Gates money, I would do a lot more than he does.
And, I bet if you take a close look at what Gates gives away vs what he
takes in, and compare it to what I take in and what I give away, I DO give a
lot more than he do
Shawn McKinley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
> Ask why Bill Gates doesn't, and I bet you find the answer...
>
> Shawn
>
> > Ask yourself why he gives the stuff away in the manner he does.
> >
> > Lee
I bet not.
Frankly, if money-making organisations use free scripts
that aren't too cle
> Geeze, a little harsh there aren't you, ...
No, just honest. If you'd spent a New Years Day (after being up all of New
Years Night) trying to figure out why a web page was displaying "19100",
perhaps you'd feel less charitable towards Matt. My friend whose site was
used to distribute penis en
Ask yourself why he gives the stuff away in the manner he does.
Lee
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shawn
> McKinley
> Sent: 17 July 2001 11:24
> To: Rod
> = "19" . $year instead of $year += 1900). He isn't a good Perl
programmer,
> and he tends to duplicate a lot of code that's available from CPAN. But
> formmail.pl sinks to new lows.
Geeze, a little harsh there aren't you, especially when you say later on in
the email to write your own... I
> I installed ActivePerl on our server, and I am running
> formmail.pl from Matt's Script Archive.
RUN AWAY!!!
This is a horrible tool to use, especially if you're accessible from the
Internet. I think Matt is one of the few people to rate his own CERT
advisory (I believe there's a CERT advisor
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