Editor's Note:
Do not adjust your dials, your monitor is not broken. This is Andrew’s President’s Letter for September 1995. Break out your secret decoder rings and go to work!

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Vg’f gur xvaq bs rirag jurer lbh unir gb jngpu jurer lbh jnyx be lbh'yy raq hc gernqvat ba gur ohfvarff raq bs n pbj. Vg jnf yvxr n zrnqbj-zhssva zvar svryq, vagb juvpu V unq gur hasbeghangr fghcvqvgl gb fgenl jrnevat Ovexrafgbpx fnaqnyf.

Fbzrguvat nobhg serfu obivar phcpnxrf bbmvat guebhtu lbhe gbrf whfg znxrf lbh srry fb nyvir -- znxrf lbh ernyvmr jung vf vzcbegnag va yvsr -- naq erzvaqf lbh jul pbjoblf jrne obbgf, abg Ovexf.

Vg’f gur xvaq bs rirag jurer rirelbar lbh frr ybbxf qvfgheovatyl eryngrq gb rnpu bgure, fbzrguvat gung V sbhaq nyy gur zber fhfcvpvbhf -- naq ybtvpny -- jura V ernyvmrq gung rirelbar frrzrq gb xabj rnpu bgure. Gur pbyybdhvny qrsvavgvba bs n “pybfryl xavg snzvyl” V fhccbfr.

Url, vs vg jnf tbbq rabhtu sbe Wreel Yrr Yrjvf, jub nz V gb whqtr? V’q vzntvar gung vg jbhyq znxr gur snzvyl gerr ybbx zber yvxr n fdhner xabg, ohg vg pregnvayl jbhyq rkcynva gur fdhner qnapr cnegare-fjnccvat guvat.

Bqqyl, V rawblrq zlfrys vzzrafryl ng gur Unesbeq Pbhagl Snve. V sbhaq zlfrys ybbxvat sbejneq gb gur genpgbe chyy svanyf, naq purrevat hagvy zl ibvpr jnf ubnefr qhevat gur qrzbyvgvba qreol. V ybirq vg.

Be znlor vg jnf gur juvfxrl -- V’z abg fher. Jryy, va nal rirag, vg’f fgvyy cerggl vzcerffvir sbe n Pbaarpgvphg lhccvr va Wvzzl Wb Obo’f pbheg, jbhyqa’g lbh fnl?

Juvyr zhapuvat ba n pbea qbt, erpyvarq va n cynfgvp ynja punve, V ortna gb rawbl gur sbyxfl naq qbjaevtug sevraqyl ngzbfcurer bs gur naahny fuva-qvt. V guvax gung jnf gur rknpg zbzrag gung Zbyr -- zl sevraq jvgu gur hasbeghangr avpxanzr -- gbyq zr jvgu n fyl naq zvfpuvribhf ybbx gung jr pbhyq fync gur cvtf naq urne gurz fdhrny yngre ba. Lrrrrrrruubbbbbbbb!

Hagvy arkg gvzr -- jngpu jurer lbh fgrc! :)


Andrew Welch


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Andrew Welch
Thaumaturgist
Ambrosia Software, Inc.