Regardless of the merits (non-trivial) or negative impacts (also non-trivial) of Gilmore's past behavior, "taking his ball and going home" is a pretty childish response. More productive/professional/grown-up would be to try to be more collegial<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collegial> .
Comity <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comity>is A Good Thing (so is comedy, but that's different)! On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Tony's old desktop via Windows Live Mail < asbabo...@aol.com> wrote: > I too, will miss Mr. Gilmore. In addition to technology he gave us much > history, often on non-IT topics, that were usually at least somewhat > related > to the original post. Obviously his technical expertise is much beyond my > own. His style never bothered me much. I have yet to look up ad hominem. > > What does sadden me in the twilight of my own career is the emergence of > "internet bravado" whereby things are said via email/social media that > would > never be said in a face to face environment. I'd have thought that this > list would be immune from that virus. > > John: I know you're lurking, please re-consider. Some don't like you, > others do. How is that different from the rest of life? > > > ------------------------------**-------------------- > From: "Andrew Joyce" <andrew.jo...@asg.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:18 PM > To: <assembler-l...@listserv.uga.**EDU <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> > Subject: Re: TRTE, etc. > > > Sorry to see you go. I always read your posts. >> >> Andrew >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List >> [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@**LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>] >> On Behalf Of John Gilmore >> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:45 AM >> To: assembler-l...@listserv.uga.**EDU <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> >> Subject: TRTE, etc. >> >> After discussions with Jean Snow, the list owner, I have concluded that my >> views and, even more, controversial style are incompatible with her and >> others' notions of what is proper here. >> >> I am unwilling to conform to these proprieties, and this is therefore my >> last post here. >> >> Ave atque vale. >> >> >> John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA >> >> -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"
