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Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by didilodo »

p_trumpet wrote: post #9

I can confirm that the email is the one I passed on to Jacques. The PayPal account is a legit one I have used in the past and is registered under the business name Tattam Software. If I encounter any problems I will look into the other option. Thanks all... I had honestly thought the Internet had forgotten about me. Peter

Peter how could we forget you. For a lot of us you were the one giving us a head start in our careers!

Thanks! didi

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by hellscreamgold »

kam wrote: post #109
sorbus wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Should cause enough of a problem that they open it again. Do you have any examples of negative publicity leading to paypal correcting their mistake? I've never seen anything like that in any of the stories about paypal freezing accounts, even the fairly high profile ones.

A few days ago they reinstated the account of Courage to Resist, a Bradley Manning defense fund. The organization seems to think it was because of the pressure from bad publicity: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20036476-38.html

I'll keep donating to the Hang Bradley Manning as a Traitor fund.

Thanks tho!

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by kojow7 »

angrycoder wrote: post #6

How much did a license for the original Trumpet Winsock cost? Nevermind, in 1993 a single license for Trumpet Winsock cost $25 usd. Adjusted for inflation that is $38.10 today.

I think your calculations of inflation are off just a bit...

$25 + $13.37 = $38.37

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by MPSimmons »

kojow7 wrote: post #153
angrycoder wrote: post #6

How much did a license for the original Trumpet Winsock cost? Nevermind, in 1993 a single license for Trumpet Winsock cost $25 usd. Adjusted for inflation that is $38.10 today.

I think your calculations of inflation are off just a bit... $25 + $13.37 = $38.37

To be fair, your comment was a couple of days after his. Did you calculate that additional amount into your inflationary numbers? ;-)

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by nifaprte »

Donated. I once had to put an early (Win 3 I think) version onto the Net. It was the first time I connected anything to the Net and opened up a whole new world to me. For that I am very grateful. I would be extremely interested to see the total that peter actually receives. So if someone can ask Peter if he could set up some sort of online running total thing I think it would be a nice thing to watch as I have always believed that Geeks/Nerds/PeepsLikeMe have a financial conscience and I would like to see that shown in black and white. Please.

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by nostriluu »

No offence to the developer who did a good thing at the time, but what you guys are talking about here is the Internet. Consider instead sending your money to the FSF or other groups that make sure Internet is great now and in the future.

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by koudelka »

iMouse wrote: post #137
flomo wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just a footnote. MacTCP was only available as part of an Apple site-license. However it was also commonly distributed illegally by ISPs and magazines. Most home Mac users on the internet prior to about 1996 probably inadvertently warezed it. (MacSLIP/MacPPP was freeware however.) Not that I'm suggesting you donate to Apple anymore than you already do :)

Then there were the rest of us Mac users who used FreePPP. :-) There is nothing funnier than thinking back to when I would smother my modem in a pillow at 1:00 in the morning while it dialed out. The FreePPP plugin for the Control Strip made dial-up idiot-proof. I remember running a custom installation of System 7.5 just because the Control Strip wasn't a standard install on desktop Macs.

That takes me back to writing modem init scripts. I always laughed when my dad typed "assword" in, since he wanted to match both (p|P)assword.
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