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   Hello Marceline!   
      
   28 Feb 21, Marceline Jones wrote to RICHARD MENEDETTER:   
      
    MJ> Is there any reason why documentation is not included with the build ?   
    MJ> Is it due to some elitist programmer contempt for non technical end   
    MJ> users ?   
      
   No, the original golded author never had such attitudes, he was compeletely   
   the contrary. The POTS call cost environment around the world was very   
   complex. My cost table files were around 15 KB. That's why it was a difference   
   if you distribute ~600 KB just because of an updated readme file or put the   
   changelog into the executable distribution.   
      
   With the (size differ, my personal cutted versions)   
   goldref.txt    347231  9. Dez 1995   
   goldusr.txt    125188  9. Dez 1995   
   files golded had/have an excellent end user documentation.   
      
   The split distribution allowed the user to decide if he wants to pay the phone   
   cost for the transfer or not. Thus it was very user friendly.   
      
   When golded went open source the voluntary code contributors continued those   
   concept. Let me guess, they like coding much more than writing documentation.   
   -)   
      
   Regards   
      
   Kai   
      
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