HG> In a message dated 02-25-98, Rob Dennis said to Brendan Keyport:
 RD>> Their `customer service' rep flat out denied that -their- product
 RD>> was at fault in any way and then said I had gotten it from somewhere
 HG> I wouldn't say that until you reveal to us others who the culprit was
 HG> that put out a virus infected CD.
 Holger it was a home-made CD demo of a 3d space flight sim.
 The `company' (read one person) who made it is small,not a big name at 
all,and was using a local store to give free copies of the demo to customers.
 The store's head office did -NOT- know this was going on at the store I got 
it from and neither did the store's manager.
 The employee involved has been fired as he had a vested interest in the CD 
his friend made,and the store had NO knowledge of his activities before they 
fired him. Now as I see it,the store is not responsible for something it 
never knew about and the guy who -was- has been fired.
 Justice served for me.
 I plan to let it go as their game writing reputation has been trashed 
already.
 Whether the store management or police choose to let it go is a matter I 
know nothing about nor care.
 My main concern at the time was to get this system back and running as fast 
as
I could as I need and use it every day for FIDO,Internet,studying,and work.
 And doing mail on a laptop for a few days at 14400 was NO fun!
 HG> The discussion so far has been worthless as a warning for THAT party.
 As they are a newcomer to game writing I think I have trashed them enough 
locally to kill any hopes they have of ever doing anything the big gaming 
companies do.
 I plan to let this thread go now.
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